Description

HCFPUBHOS (V762BA) indicates whether the woman reported a public hospital 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 while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

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

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCFPUBHOS (V762BA) 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.

Most commonly, this response category is organized under the "Public Sector" or "Public Medical Sector" header in the survey, and is worded as "government hospital." However, some countries diverge from this standard convention, and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated in HCFPUBHOS to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interest are noted below.

Additionally, for most samples, this 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

HCFPUBHOS (V762BA) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS. It is included and consistent in all subsequent phases of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe