Description

HCMPUBMOB (V762AD) indicates whether the woman reported a "public mobile clinic" as a source for male condoms.

Some samples in the "HCM" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of public health centers that could be combined to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in HCMPUBHC.

IPUMS-DHS users should be careful to distinguish this variable from HCMPRIVMOB (private mobile clinic).

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCMPUBMOB (V762AD) has some variation in question wording that broadly applies to the "source for male condom" series. For discussion on question wording in this variable series, see the comparability section of HCMDK.

This response category wording is comparable across most surveys. Only surveys that depart from standard "mobile clinic" wording are discussed below.

The category is consistently organized under the "public sector" or "public medical sector" header in the survey.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCMPUBMOB (V762AD) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS questionnaire. It is removed in phase VI of the standard DHS questionnaire and replaced with "Country-specific public sector."

Samples from Phase III are also included in this variable. For discussion of differences between phases in this variable series, see the Comparability - Standard DHS tab of HCMDK.

Universe