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Violence Against Women Data in India [message #24212] Wed, 16 March 2022 13:26 Go to next message
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Hi Team,

I want to get the data of violence against women by their partners in 1992-93 and 1998-99 rounds. I want the data at the district level for Indian states. Could you please let me know if this data is available. If yes also let me know which files I can refer to and how can I map the data to the districts in India.

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Varnita
Re: Violence Against Women Data in India [message #24213 is a reply to message #24212] Wed, 16 March 2022 13:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The only National Family Health Surveys that have district level data are the 2015-16 NFHS-4 and the 2019-21 NFHS-5. In the earlier surveys, the sample was not large enough to provide estimates at the district level.
Re: Violence Against Women Data in India [message #24214 is a reply to message #24213] Wed, 16 March 2022 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thank you very much for the reply.Could you please let me know which file should I use to access the data (for 1992-93 and 1998-99 rounds) and which variables in these respective files are related to domestic violence.I was trying to go though the data description document for 1992-93 survey but I could not understand the structure.

Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.

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Varnita
Re: Violence Against Women Data in India [message #24215 is a reply to message #24214] Thu, 17 March 2022 15:02 Go to previous message
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There were no questions on violence against women in the 1992-93 National Family Health Survey. In the 1998-99 NFHS-2, there were only four questions related to domestic violence (Questions 514-517).

Question 514 was a general question about the woman's opinion about the justification for wife beating. It has nothing to do with her own experience.

Questions 515-517 are related to her own experience with violence. Question 515 asks "Since you completely 15 years of age, have you been beaten or mistreated by any persons?"
IF YES, Question 516 asks "Who has beaten you or mistreated you physically?

Question 518 asks "How often have you been beaten or physically mistreated in the last 12 months: Other, a few times, many times, or not at all?"

NFHS-2 has only the above four questions on domestic violence, and it does not include a full module on domestic violence like subsequent NFHS surveys have.

It's always best to check the questionnaires in the back of each NFHS national report before looking for information on a specific topic in the NFHS datasets.
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