Description

HCFFPC (V762BC) indicates whether the woman reported a public family planning clinic as a source for female condoms.

IPUMS-DHS users may also be interested in HCFPRIVFPC (private family planning clinic).

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCFPUBFPC (V762BC) has some contextual factors regarding question wording that should be noted by researchers. This survey context broadly applies to the "source for female condom" series. For discussion of this topic, see the comparability section of HCFDK.

The responses in HCFPUBFPC are largely comparable across samples, and the response category is consistently organized under the "public sector" or "public medical sector" header. A few samples (discussed below) include multiple types of public family planning clinics as separate responses, and these responses are combined in HCFPUBFPC.

For most samples, the variable was a part of a question that asked the respondent to list all known sources for female condoms. Some countries, discussed below, recorded only the first response, which may affect the comparability of those samples.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCFPUBFPC (V762BC) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS. It is removed in phase VI and replaced with "country-specific public sector."

Universe