Description

FPRELIGHR indicates whether the woman has recently seen or heard family planning messages in a religious setting.

Comparability

Along with universe differences, variations in question wording for FPRELIGHR potentially limit comparability.

The question sometimes refers to hearing about family planning from religious readers, sometimes to a place of workshop (church, mosque, or temple), and sometimes to a religious institution in conjunction with some other setting (e.g., community meeting). In addition, the reference period is sometimes vague ("in the last few months") and sometimes more specific (e.g., "in the past 6 months" or "in the past month").

Varying time intervals could lead to variation in the frequency of responses. Researchers interested in using FPRELIGHR should take the reference period and question wording into consideration when comparing across samples. See Survey Text.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FPRELIGHR is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe