DVWEIGHT is an 8-digit numeric variable with 6 implied decimal places.
Description
DVWEIGHT (D005) is an 8-digit variable with 6 implied decimal places, which should be used as a weighting factor for the subset of women who were randomly selected and interviewed in privacy for the domestic violence module (as indicated by DVMODULE) (V044). For further information about using weights with the DHS data, see PERWEIGHT (V005).
Note: The 6 implied decimal places in DVWEIGHT mean that the last six digits of the eight-digit variable are decimal digits, but there is no actual decimal in the data.
Comparability — Index
GENERAL |
Pakistan |
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, DVWEIGHT (D005) is comparable across surveys, except for samples noted below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DVWEIGHT (D005) is included in the DHS files beginning with Phase 5 and is consistent across phases.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
The 2017 Pakistan survey requires use of two different weights for each unit of analysis. DVWEIGHT covers all areas of the country except Azzad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan; these areas have weights with a value of zero in DVWEIGHT.
To weight cases from Azzad Jammu, Kashmir, and Gilgit, use DVWEIGHT2_PK2017. DVWEIGHT2_PK2017 has a value of zero for the rest of the country.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Benin 2017: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Cameroon 2011: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Cameroon 2018: Women age 15-64 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Comoros 2012: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2007: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Gabon 2012: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Gambia 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Ghana 2008: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- India 2005: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Jordan 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Jordan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Jordan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Kenya 2003: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Liberia 2007: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Liberia 2019: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Madagascar 2021: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Malawi 2004: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Malawi 2010: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Malawi 2016: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Mali 2006: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Mozambique 2011: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Myanmar 2015: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Namibia 2013: Women age 15-64 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and who were not surveyed in Azzad Jammu, Kashmir, or Gilgit Baltistan.
- Rwanda 2005: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Rwanda 2010: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Rwanda 2019: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Sao Tome 2008: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- South Africa 2016: Women age 18-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Uganda 2006: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Uganda 2011: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Uganda 2016: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zambia 2007: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zimbabwe 2005: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zimbabwe 2010: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Zimbabwe 2015: Women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.