Codes and Frequencies
Description
DVHMEDPUBHOS indicates whether the woman reported a public hospital as the place where she sought help from a doctor or other medical personnel after experiencing physical or sexual abuse.
Some samples in the "DVHMED" 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.
For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of public hospitals that could be combined in DVHMEDPUBHOS to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in this variable.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
DVHMEDPUBHOS varies slightly in question wording. Most commonly, this response category is organized under the "Public Sector" header and is worded as "public hospital." Some countries diverge from this standard convention and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response. Countries of particular interested are noted below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DVHMEDPUBHOS is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS women's questionnaire or standard domestic violence module.
Comparability — India [top]
In the 2019 India survey, under the "Public Sector" header, there are two separate categories for "government/municipal hospital" and "rural hospital." Because DVHMEDPUBHOS focuses on all public hospitals, these two responses are consolidated in this variable to create a more comprehensive response category. For researchers interested in preserving these country-specific categories:
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.
