Codes and Frequencies
Description
DVHMEDPUBFW indicates whether the woman reported a public fieldworker as where she sought help from a doctor or other medical personnel after experiencing physical or sexual abuse.
Some samples in the "DVHMED" 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 fieldworkers that could be combined in DVHMEDPUBFW to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in this variable.
Comparability
DVHMEDPUBFW varies slightly in question wording. Most commonly, this response category is organized under the "Public Sector" header and is worded as "public fieldworker." Some countries diverge from this standard convention and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interested are noted below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DVHMEDPUBFW is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire or standard domestic violence module.
Universe
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, and who have experienced physical violence since age 15, while pregnant, or at any time from their current/former husband/partner, or sexual violence at any time, and who sought help to stop violence from a doctor or medical personnel.
