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MENSUSEOTHER
(V247X)Use other to protect against bloodstains during menstruation
Codes and Frequencies
Description
MENSUSEOTHER indicates whether the respondent uses some other product during menstruation to prevent bloodstains from becoming evident. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific forms of protection listed in a given survey.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, MENSUSEOTHER has slight differences across samples in question wording.
Comparability - Standard DHS
Prior to DHS Phase 8, MENSUSEOTHER is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire. In Phase 8, this variable has the standard name V247X.
Universe
- Burkina Faso 2021: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Cambodia 2021: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2021: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Ghana 2022: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- India 2015: Women age 15-24 who ever menstruated.
- India 2019: Women age 15-24 who ever menstruated.
- Jordan 2023: Ever-married women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Kenya 2022: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the male survey and who menstruated in the past year.
- Lesotho 2023: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Mozambique 2022: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Nepal 2022: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Philippines 2022: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Senegal 2023: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
- Tanzania 2022: Women age 15-49 who menstruated in the past year.
