Codes and Frequencies
Description
FPHEALTHWKHR indicates whether the woman has recently heard family planning messages from a health worker or health professional. See Comparability for more information.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL Bangladesh Burkina Faso Ghana India |
Jordan Kenya Liberia Rwanda |
South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe |
Comparability
Along with universe differences, variations in question wording for FPHEALTHWKHR potentially limit comparability.
Many surveys ask about a "health worker" or a "health professional." Surveys that ask about a more specific type of health worker (such as "community health worker") are noted in country-specific comparability below.
Most commonly, the question was "In the last few months have you heard about family planning from a health worker?" and the exact time-frame was not specified. However, some samples refer to a specific number of months. For example, some samples ask about family planning messages in the last one or six months.
Varying time intervals could lead to variation in the frequency of responses. Researchers interested in using FPHEALTHWKHR should take the reference period into consideration when comparing across samples. The wording used to describe the type of health worker also varied across surveys. See Survey Text for exact question wording.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FPHEALTHWKHR is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The 2011 and 2014 Bangladesh questionnaires ask if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "from any community health worker."
Comparability — Burkina Faso [top]
The 1998 Burkina Faso questionnaire asks if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "in a health center/by a health agent."
Comparability — Ghana [top]
The 1993 Ghana questionnaire asks if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "from [a] community health nurse." The 2003 Ghana questionnaire uses the more standard wording, asking about a "health worker."
Comparability — India [top]
The 2019 India survey asks if the woman was "ever told by a health worker about any methods of family planning that you can use to avoid pregnancy."
Comparability — Jordan [top]
The 1997 Jordan questionnaire asks an open-ended question about where the woman receives information about family planning, with "government health worker" listed as a response category. This question does not include any time interval, which may limit comparability for the 1997 Jordan sample.
Comparability — Kenya [top]
The 2014 Kenya questionnaire asks if the woman has recently "been visited by a health worker or health professional discuss family planning issues."
Comparability — Liberia [top]
The 2013 Liberia survey asked whether the female respondent had heard the family planning slogan "Babies by Choice" from a healthcare worker.
Comparability — Rwanda [top]
The 1992 Rwanda questionnaire first asks, "In the last month, have you heard about family planning anywhere besides the radio or newspapers?" This is followed by the open-ended question, "From whom did you hear it?" "Health professional" is included as a response category.
Comparability — South Africa [top]
The 2016 South African survey asks if the woman has heard about family planning in the last six months from "a community health worker."
Comparability — Tanzania [top]
The 1991 Tanzania questionnaire asks if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "from [an] MCN aide." The 1996, 2004, and 2010 Tanzania questionnaires ask if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "from a community health worker."
Comparability — Zambia [top]
The 1996 Zambia questionnaire asks if the woman has recently heard family planning messages "from a community health worker."
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
The 1988 Zimbabwe questionnaire first asks, "In the last month, have you heard or read any information about family planning?" This is followed by the open-ended question, "Where did you hear or see the information?" "Health worker" is included as a response category.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: 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.
- Gambia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 1993: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2003: All women age 15-49.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who are not currently using a method of contraception and who have not had a hysterectomy.
- Jordan 1997: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 in households selected for the long questionnaire.
- Liberia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Rwanda 1992: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2008: All women age 15-49.
- South Africa 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1991: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 1988: All women age 15-49.
