Codes and Frequencies
Description
FPCOMMHR indicates whether the woman has recently seen family planning messages at a community event or meeting.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Along with universe differences, variations in question wording for FPCOMMHR potentially limit comparability.
Most commonly, the question was "In the last few months have you heard about family planning" in a community event/meeting, and the exact time-frame is not specified. However, some samples refer to a specific number of months. For example, some samples ask about family planning messages in the last six or twelve months.
It is probable that varying time intervals could lead to variation in the frequency of responses. Researchers interested in using FPCOMMHR should take the reference period into consideration when comparing across samples. See Survey Text.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FPCOMMHR is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Jordan [top]
The 1997 Jordan questionnaire asks an open-ended question about where the woman receives information about family planning, with "community or public meetings" listed as a response category. This question does not include any time interval, which may limit comparability for the 1997 Jordan sample.
Comparability — Liberia [top]
The 2013 Liberian survey asked whether the female respondent had heard the family planning slogan "Babies by Choice" in this setting.
Comparability — Yemen [top]
The 2013 Yemen survey asked whether the respondent "heard about family planning at women's meeting."
Universe
- Bangladesh 2000: Ever-married women age 10-49.
- Bangladesh 2004: Ever-married women age 10-49.
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Burkina Faso 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Egypt 2000: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Egypt 2008: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2000: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Gabon 2000: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 1999: All women age 15-49.
- Jordan 1997: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Jordan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Kenya 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the long questionnaire.
- Liberia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Niger 2012: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1999: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2001: All women age 15-49.
- Yemen 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49.
