Description

HCFZW3 indicates whether the woman reported a ZNFPC [Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council] CBD [community-based distributor]/Depot as a source for female condoms. This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.

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.

HCFZW3 is combined with HCFZW5 (ZNFPC clinic) in HCFPUBFPC (all public family planning centers) for the 2005, 2010, and 2015 Zimbabwe samples.

IPUMS-DHS users interested in using HCFZW3 are encouraged to review HCFPUBFPC for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

HCFZW3 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 HCFZW3 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in HCFPUBFPC, a variable that encompasses all public family planning clinics and associations as sources of female condoms. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of HCFZW3 or the Comparability tab of HCFPUBFPC for more information on the specific categories combined for Zimbabwe 2005, 2010, and 2015.

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