Guide To DHS Statistics 7
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- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1) Introduction and Description of DHS Datasets
- Purpose of the Guide
- Description of The Demographic and Health Surveys Program
- Organization of DHS Data
- Analyzing DHS Data
- Sample Design, Stratification and Sampling Weights
- Households
- De Facto and De Jure Populations
- Age of Children
- All Women Factors
- Median Calculations
- Matching and Merging Datasets
- Background characteristics
- Data Suppression and Parenthesizing
- Indicator Guidelines
- International Indicator Guides and Resources
- 2) Population and Housing
- Household Drinking Water
- Percent distribution of households and de jure population by source of drinking water
- Percent distribution of households and de jure population by time to obtain drinking water
- Percentage of households and de jure population using methods to treat drinking water and percentage using an appropriate treatment method
- Percent distribution of households and de jure population using piped water or water from a tube well or borehole by availability of water
- Type of Sanitation Facility
- Household Characteristics
- Cooking Fuel
- Smoking in Home
- Household Possessions
- Wealth Quintiles
- Handwashing
- Household Population by Age, Sex, and Residence
- Household Composition
- Children’s Living Arrangements and Orphanhood
- Birth Registration
- Educational Attainment of Household Members
- School Attendance Ratios
- Household Drinking Water
- 3) Respondents’ Characteristics
- Background Characteristics of Respondents
- Educational Attainment of Women and Men
- Literacy
- Exposure to Mass Media
- Internet Usage
- Employment and Occupation
- Percent distribution of women and men by employment status
- Percent distribution of women and men age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey by occupation
- Percent distribution of women employed by type of earnings, type of employer, and continuity of employment, according to type of employment
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Tobacco Use
- Percentage of women and men who smoke various tobacco products
- Percent distribution of men by smoking frequency
- Average number of cigarettes smoked per day
- Percentage of women and men age who currently use smokeless tobacco, according to type of tobacco product, and percentage who use any type of tobacco
- 4) Marriage and Sexual Activity
- Current Marital Status
- Number of Co-Wives and Number of Wives
- Age at First Marriage
- Age at First Sexual Intercourse
- 5) Fertility
- Notes and Considerations
- Current Fertility
- Completed Fertility
- Children Ever Born and Living
- Birth Intervals
- Postpartum Exposure: Amenorrhea, Abstinence, and Insusceptibility
- Menopause
- Age at First Birth
- Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood
- 6) Fertility Preferences
- 7) Family Planning
- Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods
- Ever Use of Contraceptive Methods
- Current Use of Contraceptive Methods
- Knowledge of the Fertile Period
- Age at Sterilization
- Use of Social Marketing Brand Pill and Condom
- Informed Choice
- Contraceptive Discontinuation
- Need and Demand for Family Planning
- Decision making about Family Planning
- Future Use of Contraception
- Exposure to Family Planning Messages
- Contact of Nonusers with Family Planning Providers
- 8) Infant and Child Mortality
- Notes and Considerations
- Early Childhood Mortality
- Methodology of DHS Mortality Rates Estimation
- Neonatal Mortality Rate (NNMR), Post-Neonatal Mortality Rate (PNMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR) (Ages 1-4), Under-five Mortality Rate (U5MR)
- Perinatal Mortality
- High-Risk Fertility Behavior
- 9) Reproductive Health
- Antenatal Care
- Percent distribution of antenatal care by type of provider, and percentage of antenatal care from a skilled provider
- Percent distribution of number of antenatal care visits, and of timing of first antenatal visit
- Median number of months pregnant at time of first antenatal care visit
- Percentage of women receiving components of antenatal care
- Tetanus Toxoid Injections
- Place of Delivery
- Percent distribution of live births by place of delivery, and the percentage of live births delivered in a health facility
- Percent distribution of live births by person providing assistance during delivery, and the percentage assisted by a skilled provider
- Definition
- Calculation
- Handling of Missing Values
- Notes and Considerations
- References
- World Health Organization, 2018. Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth: the 2018 joint statement by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA. World Health Organization.http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publicati...
- Resources
- Percentage of live births delivered by caesarean section, the percentage that was planned before the onset of labor pains, and that was decided after the onset of labor pains
- Percent distribution by duration of stay in the health facility following the most recent live birth by type of delivery
- Definition
- Calculation
- Handling of Missing Values
- Notes and Considerations
- References
- Campbell, O.M., L. Cegolon, D. Macleod, and L. Benova. 2016. “Length of stay after childbirth in 92 countries and associated factors in 30 low-and middle-income countries: compilation of reported data and a cross-sectional analysis from nationally rep...
- Resources
- Postnatal Care
- Percent distribution of timing of first postnatal check for the mother, and percentage who received a postnatal check during the first 2 days
- Percent distribution of type of provider for the first postnatal check for the mother
- Percent distribution of timing of first postnatal check for the newborn, and percentage receiving a postnatal check during the first 2 days
- Percent distribution of type of provider for the first postnatal check for the newborn
- Percentage of newborns receiving selected function of postnatal care
- Problems in Accessing Health Care
- Antenatal Care
- 10) Child Health
- Child Size and Weight at Birth
- Vaccination
- Percentage of children age 12-23 months and children age 24-35 months who received specific vaccines at any time before the survey according to vaccination card, according to mother’s report, according to either vaccination card or mother’s report, an...
- Percentage of children who ever had a vaccination card and who had a vaccination card seen
- Prevalence and Treatment of Symptoms of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)
- Percentage of children under age 5 with symptoms of ARI, and among children under age 5 with symptoms of ARI, the percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought and for whom advice or treatment was sought the same or next day.
- Percentage of children under age 5 with symptoms of ARI for whom advice or treatment was sought from specific sources, and among those for whom advice or treatment was sought, percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought from specific sources
- Prevalence and Treatment of Fever
- Prevalence and Treatment of Diarrhea
- Feeding Practices during Diarrhea
- Oral Rehydration Therapy, Zinc, and Other Treatments for Diarrhea
- Source of Advice or Treatment for Children with Diarrhea
- Knowledge of ORS packets
- Disposal of children’s stool
- 11) Nutrition of Children and Adults
- References
- Initial Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
- Percent distribution of children exclusively breastfeeding, or breastfeeding and consuming plain water only, non-milk liquids, consuming other milk, and consuming complementary foods
- Percentage of children exclusively breastfed, predominantly breastfed, age-appropriately breastfed, and introduced to solid, semi-solid, or soft foods
- Percentage of children currently breastfeeding, continuing breastfeeding at 1 year and at 2 years
- Percentage of children using a bottle with a nipple
- Median and mean durations of breastfeeding among children born in the past three years for any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, predominant breastfeeding
- Foods and Liquids Consumed by Children
- Minimum Dietary Diversity, Minimum Meal Frequency and Minimum Acceptable Diet
- Iodization of Household Salt
- Micronutrient Intake among Children
- Therapeutic and Supplemental Foods
- Micronutrient Intake among Women
- Anemia Status
- Nutritional Status
- 12) Malaria
- Changes over Time
- References
- Resources
- Household Possession of Mosquito Nets
- Source of Mosquito Nets
- Access to an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN)
- Use of Mosquito Nets by Persons in the Household
- Use of Existing ITNs
- Use of Mosquito Nets by Children
- Use of Mosquito Nets by Pregnant Women
- Use of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp) by Women during Pregnancy
- Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Prompt Treatment of Children with Fever
- Percentage of children with fever in the 2 weeks preceding the survey; and among children with fever, percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought, percentage for whom advice or treatment was sought the same or next day following the onset of fe...
- Percentage of children under age 5 with fever in the 2 weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment was sought from specific sources; and among children under age 5 with fever in the 2 weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment...
- Type of Antimalarial Drugs Used
- Coverage of Testing for Anemia and Malaria in Children
- Hemoglobin <8.0 g/dl in Children
- Prevalence of Malaria in Children
- 13) HIV-AIDS Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors
- Knowledge of HIV or AIDS
- Knowledge of HIV Prevention Methods
- Comprehensive Knowledge about HIV (Total and Youth)
- Knowledge of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
- Discriminatory Attitudes towards People Living with HIV
- Multiple Sexual Partners, Higher-Risk Sexual Partners, and Condom Use
- Payment for Sexual Intercourse and Condom Use
- Coverage of Prior HIV Testing
- Pregnant Women Counseled and Tested for HIV
- Male Circumcision
- Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and STI Symptoms
- Care-Seeking Behavior for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
- Age at First Sexual Intercourse among Young People
- Premarital Sexual Intercourse among Young People
- Recent HIV Tests among Young People
- Self-Testing for HIV
- 14) HIV Prevalence
- 15) Women’s Empowerment
- Employment and Cash Earnings
- Control over Women’s Cash Earnings
- Control over Men’s Cash Earnings
- Ownership of Assets
- Ownership of Title or Deed for House or Land
- Ownership and Use of Bank Accounts and Mobile Phones
- Participation in Decision Making
- Attitude towards Wife Beating
- Attitudes towards Negotiating Safer Sexual Relations with Husband
- Ability to Negotiate Sexual Relations with Husband
- Indicators of Women’s Empowerment
- 16) Adult and Maternal Mortality
- Adult Mortality Rates
- Maternal Mortality and Pregnancy-related Mortality
- Age-specific pregnancy-related and maternal mortality rates, and total pregnancy-related and maternal mortality rate
- Percentage of female deaths that are pregnancy-related deaths and maternal deaths
- Pregnancy-related mortality ratio and maternal mortality ratio
- Lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death and maternal death
- Completeness of Information on Siblings
- Sibship Size and Sex Ratio of Siblings
- 17) Domestic Violence
- References
- Experience of Physical Violence
- Persons Committing Physical Violence
- Experience of Sexual Violence
- Persons Committing Sexual Violence
- Age at First Experience of Sexual Violence
- Experience of Physical or Sexual Violence by Anyone: Different Combinations
- Experience of Physical Violence during Pregnancy
- Marital Control
- Spousal Physical Violence
- Spousal Sexual Violence
- Spousal Emotional Violence
- Combinations of Types of Spousal Violence: Ever Experienced
- Combinations of Types of Spousal Violence: 12 months preceding the Survey
- Types of Spousal Violence
- Experience of spousal violence by duration of marriage
- Injuries to Women due to Spousal Violence
- Initiation of Spousal Violence by Women
- Help Seeking to Stop the Violence
- Sources for Help to Stop the Violence