Description

HCMLR1 indicates whether the woman reported a government health center as a source for male condoms. This response category is country-specific to Liberia.

Some samples in the "HCM" 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.

HCMLR1 (government health center) is combined with HCMLR2 (government health clinic) in HCMPUBHC (all public health centers and health posts) for the 2007 and 2013 Liberia samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using HCMLR1 are encouraged to review HCMPUBHC for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

HCMLR1 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Although HCMLR1 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in HCMPUBHC, a variable that encompasses all public health centers and health posts as sources of male condoms. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of HCMLR1 or the Comparability tab of HCMPUBHC for more information on the specific categories combined for Liberia 2007 and 2013.

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