There are two ways to code EVER spousal violence.

The first way is to alter the code you have for spousal violence in the last 12 months. That code considers 1 and 2 (often and sometimes in the last 12 months, respectively) as yes. You would want to consider 3 (yes, but not in last 12 months) as yes as well. So any place that the code reads 1/2=1, it should read 1/3 =1, as in:

recode d103a (1/2=1 "Yes") (0 3 =0 "No"),g(humil)

becomes

recode d103a (1/3=1 "Yes") (0=0 "No"),g(humil)

The other way is to use the existing variables in the dataset. Experienced any emotional violence is d104 and experienced any sexual violence is d108. To get experienced any physical violence, you will need to combine d106 and d107:

gen phys_viol=.
replace phys_viol=1 if d106==1 | d107==1
replace phys_viol=0 if d106==0 & d107==0 

Kerry LD MacQuarrie, PhD