Codes and Frequencies
Description
HCFPRIVFW (V762BN) indicates whether the woman reported a "private field worker" or private/NGO "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 while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL Kenya Malawi |
Nigeria Uganda |
Zambia Zimbabwe |
Comparability
Along with universe differences, HCFPRIVFW (V762BN) 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.
The response category in HCFPRIVFW is typically organized under the "private medical sector" header in the survey. The majority of samples referred to "fieldworker," with "CBD" or "community based distributor" used as the second most popular wording. Samples with potential comparability issues related to alternative wording of this response category are discussed below. In some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response.
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
HCFPRIVFW (V762BN) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS. It is removed in phase VI and replaced with "country specific public sector."
Comparability — Kenya [top]
In the 2014 Kenya survey, under the "Other Source" header, there are separate categories for "community-based distributor" and "community health worker." Because HCFPRIVFW focuses on all private fieldworkers, these responses are consolidated in this variable to create a more comprehensive response category. For researchers interested in preserving these country-specific categories:
Comparability — Malawi [top]
For Malawi 2000, only the first response was recorded. Although the respondent may have known of a "private field worker" as an additional source for female condoms, only her first response was documented.
The Malawi 2010 survey words this response category as "CBDA (community based distribution agent)/Door to door."
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
The Nigeria 2003 survey words this response category as "community health worker." The Nigeria 2008 and 2013 surveys use the standard "fieldworker" wording.
Comparability — Uganda [top]
The Uganda 2001 survey words this response category as "NGO community-based distributor" (CBD). The meaning of CBD can be interpreted as a fieldworker or agent, but CBD agents can also be housed in some form of geographically stable facility such as a hospital or family planning clinic.
Comparability — Zambia [top]
The Zambia 2001 survey categorizes this response under the "other source" sector and does not specify whether the fieldworker/community-based agent was from a public or private facility.
The Zambia 2007 survey words this response category as "community based agent."
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
The Zimbabwe 2005 and 2010 surveys word this response category as "CBD," community-based distribution. The meaning of CBD can be interpreted as a fieldworker or agent, but CBD agents can also be housed in some form of geographically stable facility such as a hospital or family planning clinic.
Universe
- Benin 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Burkina Faso 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Burkina Faso 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2006: All women age 15-49.
- Gambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2003: Women age 15-49 who know a source for female condoms.
- Kenya 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the male interview.
- Madagascar 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Madagascar 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2000: All women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Myanmar 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2001: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2001: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2007: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2015: All women age 15-49.
