Codes and Frequencies
Description
DVHMEDIA2 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public government hospital as the place where she sought help from a doctor or other medical personnel after experiencing physical or sexual abuse. This response category is country-specific to India.
Some samples in the "DVHMED" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
DVHMEDIA2 is combined with DVHMEDIA3 (public rural hospital) in DVHMEDPUBHOS (all public hospitals) for the 2019 India sample.
Comparability
DVHMEDIA2 has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DVHMEDIA2 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire or standard domestic violence module.
Although DVHMEDIA2 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS modules, it is combined with other responses in DVHMEDPUBHOS, a variable that encompasses all public hospitals as a location where medical help after abuse was acquired. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of DVHMEDIA2 or the Comparability tab of DVHMEDPUBHOS for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2019 India sample.
Universe
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, and who have experienced physical violence since age 15, while pregnant, or at any time from their current/former husband/partner, or sexual violence at any time, and who sought help to stop violence from a doctor or medical personnel.
