Domestic Violence Survey, 2005

West Bank and Gaza, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Collections

Household Violence

Metadata

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Dec 24, 2019

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Dec 24, 2019

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Said things to you in order to provoke your anger during the year preceding 2005. In the event that the woman has reached 18 years. (ZA22C)

Data file: Data for Never married women live with house hold

Overview

Valid: 805

Valid (weighted): 817.108

Invalid: 66

Invalid (weighted): 53.892

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V461

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please specify how many times any of your household members used any of the following
manners against you
Said things to you in order to provoke your anger during the year preceding 2005. In the event that the woman has reached 18 years.

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	yes	241	243	27.9%
2	no	564	574	65.9%
Sysmiss		66	54

Description

Definition

Domestic violence Violence is any act or intended act of a household member against another member for the purpose of causing psychological or physical harm or any other types of pain and abuse. The study discussed different types of psychological, physical, and sexual violence practiced by the household members against each other. It is worth mentioning that other sources use terms like abuse, assault, and aggression and other terms and concepts to describe different types of violence and harm-causing. The concepts may slightly differ; however, they mean the same with respect to causing harm, psychological, and physical assaults. The study uses the term violence to illustrate all types of assaults and harm-causing.

Universe

·Ever-married women aged (15-64) Years
·Children aged (5-17) Years
·Unmarried women aged (18 years and over)
·Elderly 65 years and Over

Source of information

Person from household

Imputation and derivation

Imputation

Field data checks was done in two stages; the supervisor would edit the completed questionnaire in the field before it was sent to an editor who would send the questionnaire back to the filed for correcting mistakes if any mistakes were found

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