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BHCANTALONE (BHCANTALONE)
Barrier to woman's health care: Cannot go alone
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Description

BHCANTALONE indicates whether the woman reported "cannot go alone" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

The related variable BHCALONE (V467F) indicates whether not wanting to go alone was a barrier to a woman getting medical care for herself.

Comparability

BHCANTALONE has no comparability problems.

To maximize comparability, IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding, with "Not a big problem" responses having a first digit of "1" and "Big Problem" having a first digit of "2." The second digit distinguishes between "No problem" (code "11") and "Small problem" (code "12"), when this additional information is available.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe

  • Gabon 2012: All women age 15-49.
  • Gabon: 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B