Description

HCFRW4 indicates whether the woman reported a private dispensary as a source for female condoms. This response category is country-specific to Rwanda.

Some samples in the "HCF" 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.

HCFRW4 is combined with HCFRW3 (private pharmacy) in HCFPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 2010 and 2014 Rwanda samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using HCFRW4 are encouraged to review HCFPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

HCFRW4 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question on known sources for female condoms is included in the standard DHS questionnaire in Phases IV forward.

Though HCFRW4 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in HCFPRIVDRUG, a variable that encompasses all private, formal drug sources as sources of female condoms. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of HCFRW4 or the Comparability tab of HCFPRIVDRUG for more information on the specific categories combined for Rwanda 2010 and 2014.

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