Description

HCFPUBFW (V762BE) indicates whether the woman reported a "public field worker" or "community-based distributor" as a source for female condoms.

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

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCFPUBFW (V762BE) 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.

Responses in HCFPUBFW are usually organized under the "public sector" or "public medical sector" header in the survey. The majority of samples used "fieldworker" as the wording of the response category, with "CBD" (community-based distribution) as the second most popular wording. In some cases, multiple categories were consolidated in HCFPUBFW to form a single, more comprehensive response. Surveys with potential comparability issues are discussed below.

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

HCFPUBFW (V762BE) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS. It is removed in phase VI and replaced with "country-specific public sector."

Universe