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The DHS Program's in-house Research and Analysis team conducts rigorous, timely, and innovative mixed-methods research on topics related to global public health, demography, and social epidemiology. Our team also trains, mentors, and closely collaborates with fellow researchers and stakeholders who are driven to utilize DHS Program surveys and other survey data to inform programs and policies in various countries and contexts.
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DHS Research Reports
Sep 2003
Trends in Delivery Care in Six CountriesIncreasing the proportion of deliveries with skilled attendants present is being advocated as the most important step in preventing maternal deaths worldwide.
Topics: Maternal Health, Wealth/Socioeconomics
Jul 2003
Trends in Marriage and Early Childbearing in Developing CountriesProfound demographic changes are occurring in the developing world in connection with women’s age at entry into marriage and parenthood.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Gender
Dec 2002
Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials 1995-1999Based on DHS surveys conducted between 1990 and 1999, this report shows fertility rates, trends, and differentials for 43 countries.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Nov 2002
Obtaining Informed Consent for HIV Testing: The DHS Experience in MaliThis study examined the process of administering an informed consent statement for giving blood for an anemia and an HIV test in a survey context, and was meant to assess interviewer performance and respondent understanding of the statement.
Topics: HIV/AIDS
Nov 2002
Coping with Pregnancy; Experiences of Adolescents in Ga Mashi AccraThis study of the experiences of adolescents with becoming pregnant in the Ga Mashi neighborhood of Accra was conducted to understand how these young women coped with an unexpected pregnancy.
Topics: Gender, Youth
Jul 2002
Trends and Differentials in Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in Sub-Saharan AfricaFertility levels in sub-Saharan Africa are among the highest in the world.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Gender, Youth
Apr 2002
Reproductive Preferences in Developing Countries at the Turn of the CenturyThis report is a review of reproductive preferences in 56 developing countries conducted by DHS between 1990 and 2000.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Oct 2001
Introducing Complementary Foods to Infants in Central MaliThis study examined how mothers of malnourished and well nourished babies 3-12 months old in four sites north of Mopti breast fed their children and introduced complementary foods into their diet.
Topics: Nutrition
Sep 2001
Unmet Need at the End of the CenturyThis report is a review of the extent of unmet need for family planning in 55 developing countries.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Jun 2001
The Contraception-Fertility Link in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Other Developing CountriesThe focus of this analysis is to explain why the correlation between contraceptive prevalence and the fertility rate has been so much lower in sub-Saharan Africa than in other parts of the developing world.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences