Published in Studies in family planning
This document presents the results of the Bolivia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), or Encuesta Nacional de Demografia y Salud 1998, conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, La Paz, Bolivia, within the framework of the DHS Program of Macro International. Data were collected from 12,109 households and complete interviews were conducted...
Published in Demographic research
The analysis was based on the 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey combined with aggregate data from the 1992 census. Discrete-time hazard models for first and higher-order births were estimated for 1990-94. The average length of education in the district and the proportion who are literate were found to have no impact on a woman's birth rat...
Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents summary statistics gathered from the 1998 Nicaragua Demographic and Health Survey (Encuesta Nicaraguense de Demografia y Salud 1998, ENDESA-98). Data from the nationally representative ENDESA-98 were collected from 11,528 households. Interviews were conducted with 13,634 women aged 15-49 years and 2912 men aged 15-59 years bet...
Published in Studies in family planning
This study presents an assessment of the quality of data relating to maternal mortality collected in 14 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 13 countries that included a complete sibling history. Four aspects of data quality are considered: completeness of the data for reported events, evidence of omission in the reporting of events, plausibili...
Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents summary statistics gathered from the 1998 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. The National Statistics Office and the Department of Health within the framework of the Demographic Health Survey Program of Macro International conducted the survey. The nationally representative survey collected data from 12,407 hous...
Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents the results from the 1997 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) that was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Maputo, Mozambique, within the framework of the DHS Program of Macro International. The data for the nationally representative survey were collected from 9282 households and complete interviews ...
Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents results from the 1997 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey (JPFHS) that was conducted by the Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan, within the framework of the Demographic and Health Survey Program of Macro International. The data for the nationally representative JPFHS were collected from 7335 households, and complete...
Published in DHS+ dimensions : a biannual newsletter of the Demographic and Health Surveys project
This article presents the findings of the 1998 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS), which collected data from almost 12,000 women aged 15-49 years. A little over three-fourths of these women were African, 10% were Colored, 8% were White, and 4% were Asian. Besides the standard DHS, the SADHS incorporated an innovative Adult Health Qu...
Published in DHS+ dimensions : a biannual newsletter of the Demographic and Health Surveys project
This article presents an update of the programs being developed by the MEASURE Demographic Health Surveys+ (DHS+) Africa Nutrition Program with support from the US Agency for Internal Development's Africa Bureau. It is noted that the MEASURE DHS+ is promoting the importance of nutrition among policymakers and program planners in response to the iss...
Published in DHS+ dimensions : a biannual newsletter of the Demographic and Health Surveys project
This paper reports the findings of the 1998 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. It was noted that important strides have been made in improving the level and quality of maternal and child health care in Ghana. The level of antenatal care in the country is high and its quality is also reasonably good. In terms of the length of life of Ghanaian chil...
