Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who have heard of the Pill, FPSRCINPILL reports where she would go to obtain the Pill, if she wanted to use it to delay or prevent pregnancy. Response categories vary across samples. See Comparability.
The related variable FPSRCINPILLS reports where the woman would go to obtain the Pill, with answers recorded using standard responses and consistent codes.
Comparability
Along with universe differences, the response categories for FPSRCINPILL vary across samples.
The harmonized coding categories in the IPUMS-DHS variable FPSRCINPILL were constructed to reflect the major and minor categories in the original DHS variable (V306_01). The major categories are:
- 0: No source
- 100: Public sector facilities
- 200: Private medical sector facilities
- 300: Unspecified medical sector facilities
- 400: Other
The second and third digits of FPSRCINPILL's codes distinguish between specific locations and provide detail present in only some samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FPSRCINPILL is included in Phase I of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Universe
- Burundi 1987: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Egypt 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Ghana 1988: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Mali 1987: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Morocco 1987: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Senegal 1986: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Sudan 1989: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Togo 1988: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Tunisia 1988: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Uganda 1988: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.
- Zimbabwe 1988: Women age 15-49 who have heard of the Pill.