Description

HCMPUBFPC (V762AC) indicates whether the woman reported a public family planning clinic or association as a source for male condoms.

Some samples in the "HCM" 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 HCMPUBFPC, while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

IPUMS-DHS users should be careful to distinguish this variable from HCMPRIVFPC (private family planning clinic or association).

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCMPUBFPC (V762AC) has some variation in question wording that broadly applies to the "source for male condom" series. For discussion of question wording in this variable series, see the comparability section of HCMDK.

The responses in HCMPUBFPC are organized under the "public sector" header in the survey. Most commonly, this response category is worded as "family planning clinic." However, some countries diverge from this standard convention, and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated in HCMPUBFPC to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interest are noted below.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCMPUBFPC (V762AC) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS questionnaire. It is removed in phase VI of the standard DHS questionnaire and replaced with "Country-specific other public sector."

Samples from Phase III are also included in this variable. For discussion of differences between phases in this variable series, see the Comparability - Standard DHS tab of HCMDK.

Universe