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FPHEALTHWKHR (FPHEALTHWKHR)
Heard about family planning: Health worker
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Description

FPHEALTHWKHR indicates whether the woman has recently heard family planning messages from a health worker or health professional. See Comparability for more information.

Comparability

Along with universe differences, variations in question wording for FPHEALTHWKHR potentially limit comparability.

Many surveys ask about a "health worker" or a "health professional." Surveys that ask about a more specific type of health worker (such as "community health worker") are noted in country-specific comparability below.

Most commonly, the question was "In the last few months have you heard about family planning from a health worker?" and the exact time-frame was not specified. However, some samples refer to a specific number of months. For example, some samples ask about family planning messages in the last one or six months.

Varying time intervals could lead to variation in the frequency of responses. Researchers interested in using FPHEALTHWKHR should take the reference period into consideration when comparing across samples. The wording used to describe the type of health worker also varied across surveys. See Survey Text for exact question wording.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FPHEALTHWKHR is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe

  • Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49.
  • Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Burkina Faso 1998: All women age 15-49.
  • Gambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
  • Ghana 1993: All women age 15-49.
  • Ghana 2003: All women age 15-49.
  • India 2019: Women age 15-49 who are not currently using a method of contraception and who have not had a hysterectomy.
  • Jordan 1997: Ever-married women age 15-49.
  • Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the long questionnaire.
  • Liberia 2013: All women age 15-49.
  • Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
  • Rwanda 1992: All women age 15-49.
  • Sierra Leone 2008: All women age 15-49.
  • South Africa 2016: All women age 15-49.
  • Tanzania 1991: All women age 15-49.
  • Tanzania 1996: All women age 15-49.
  • Tanzania 2004: All women age 15-49.
  • Tanzania 2010: All women age 15-49.
  • Zambia 1996: All women age 15-49.
  • Zimbabwe 1988: All women age 15-49.
  • Afghanistan: 2015-C, 2015-W, 2015-B, 2015-W
  • Bangladesh: 2011-W, 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2014-B, 2014-C, 2014-W, 2014-W
  • Burkina Faso: 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B
  • Gambia: 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W
  • Ghana: 1993-W, 1993-B, 1993-C, 2003-C, 2003-W, 2003-W, 2003-B
  • India: 2019-W, 2019-C, 2019-B
  • Jordan: 1997-W, 1997-W, 1997-B, 1997-C
  • Kenya: 2014-W, 2014-W, 2014-B, 2014-C
  • Liberia: 2013-B, 2013-C, 2013-W, 2013-W
  • Nepal: 2016-W, 2016-B, 2016-C, 2016-W
  • Rwanda: 1992-C, 1992-W, 1992-B
  • Sierra Leone: 2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W
  • South Africa: 2016-W, 2016-C, 2016-B, 2016-W
  • Tanzania: 1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 1996-W, 1996-B, 1996-C, 2004-C, 2004-B, 2004-W, 2004-W, 2010-W, 2010-C, 2010-W, 2010-B
  • Zambia: 1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B
  • Zimbabwe: 1988-W, 1988-C, 1988-B