Description

HCFPUBOTH (V762BF) indicates whether the woman reported some other public facility as a source for female condoms.

See HCFPRIVOTH (other private medical sector) and HCFOTHER (other non-medical sector) for similar variables.

Comparability — Index

Comparability

Along with universe differences, HCFPUBOTH (V762BF) has some contextual factors regarding question wording that should be noted by researchers. This survey context broadly applies to the "source for female condom" series. For discussion of this topic, see the comparability section of variable HCFDK.

The response category wording for HCFPUBOTH is largely comparable across samples, and this response is consistently organized under the "public sector" or "public medical sector" header.

The meaning of "other" depends on the sources for female condoms specified in a given sample. Researchers should be especially attentive to the survey text response categories under the "Public Sector" or "Public Medical Sector" headers. HCFPUBOTH does not include "other sources" that are organized under the private medical or "other source"/"other private source" sectors.

For most samples, the variable was a part of a question that asked the respondent to list all known sources for female condoms. Some countries (noted below) recorded only the first response, which may affect the comparability of those samples.

For "other" categorized under the private medical sector, see HCFPRIVOTH. For "other" categorized under "other source" or "other private source" (non-medical sector), see HCFOTHER.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCFPUBOTH (V762BF) first appears in phase IV of the Standard DHS. It is removed in phase VI and replaced with "country specific public sector."

Universe