Description

HCPUBHOS indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported she has sought help at a public hospital.

Some samples in the "HC" 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 this variable.

Comparability

In addition to universe differences, HCPUBHOS varies slightly in question wording. Most commonly, this response category is organized under the "Public Sector" header and is worded as "government hospital." However, some countries diverge from this standard convention, and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interest are noted below.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe