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HHDEATHYRVIONO (HHDEATHYRVIONO)
Number of HH members who died due to violence in last 12 months
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Description

HHDEATHYRVIONO reports the number of household members who died due to injury from violence in the past 12 months. Such an injury might have been the result of an assault, a fight, or self-harm.

The information in HHDEATHYRVIONO is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

HHDEATHYRVIONO has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HHDEATHYRVIONO is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Universe

  • South Africa 1998: Women age 15-49 in households with at least 1 death in the last 12 months.
  • South Africa: 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B, 1998-H