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DHS Research Reports
Sep 1998
West Africa Spatial Analysis Prototype Exploratory Analysis: The Effect of Settlement Zones and Economic Diversity on Reproductive Behavior in West AfricaThe goal of this study is to measure the relationship between reproductive behavior and settlement zones and economic diversity in twelve countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo).
Topics: Geographic Information
Sep 1998
West Africa Spatial Analysis Prototype Exploratory Analysis: The Effect of Aridity Zone on Child Nutritional StatusIn recent years there has been a large increase in the demand for data to monitor and evaluate government and international donor programs.
Topics: Geographic Information
Aug 1998
Fertility Levels, Trends and DifferentialsThis study examines patterns and trends in fertility utilizing national surveys from 28 developing countries.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Jul 1998
Change in the Desired Number of Children: A Cross-Country Cohort Analysis of Levels and Correlates of ChangeChange in a woman's desired number of children is held to be a key determinant in the demand for family planning and the decline in fertility rates.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Jun 1998
Unintended Childbearing in Developing Countries: Levels, Trends, and DeterminantsThe objective of this report is to use large-scale, cross-nationally comparable survey data to study the levels, trends, and determinants of unintended fertility in developing countries.
Topics: Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Jun 1998
EducationThe goal of this report is to provide basic information on school attendance and education attainment for countries surveyed in the DHS II and DHS III projects.
Topics: Education, Gender, Household and Respondent Characteristics
Jun 1998
Child Morbidity and Treatment Patterns, 1998This study focuses on three major causes of child morbidity: diarrhea, fever, and respiratory infections.
Topics: Child Health and Development
Dec 1997
Maternal Nutritional StatusThis report presents cross-country comparisons of the nutritional status of women who have children born in the five years preceding the survey.
Topics: Anemia, Gender, Nutrition
Dec 1997
The Consequences of Imperfect Fertility Control for Children's Survival, Health, and SchoolingThis report explores the consequences of imperfect fertility control on various aspects of children's human capital formation-their survival, health, and schooling-using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from five countries across a range of demographic and development regimes.
Topics: Child Health and Development, Education, Infant and Child Mortality
Oct 1997
Determinants of Contraceptive Failure, Switching, and Discontinuation: An Analysis of DHS Contraceptive HistoriesThe purpose of this report is to examine contraceptive discontinuation in six developing countries that conducted DHS surveys between 1991 and 1995- Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Peru, and Zimbabwe.
Topics: Family Planning