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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
Jun 1993
The Availability of Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health ServicesThe DHS service availability questionnaire was designed to measure the availability of family planning and health services in developing countries.
Topics: Child Health and Development, Family Planning, Maternal Health
Jun 1993
High-Risk Births and Maternity CareThis report uses data from 28 DHS surveys between 1985 and 1990 to examine the potential mortality reductions which could be achieved through increased use of family planning and wider access to maternity care.
Topics: Maternal Health
Aug 1991
Childhood Morbidity and Treatment PatternsIn this report, data is presented on the prevalence and treatment of diarrhea, respiratory infection, and fever among children in 29 countries surveyed from 1985 to 1989..
Topics: Child Health and Development
Jul 1991
Unmet Need and the Demand for Family PlanningThe first comparative Demographic and Health Surveys report on this subject, Westoff and Ochoa (1991) estimate unmet need and demand for family planning for currently married women in 25 developing countries surveys in the late 1980s..
Topics: Family Planning
Jul 1991
Knowledge and Use of ContraceptionThis report summarizes and compares results from 25 of the 27 national surveys of women carried out during the first five-year phase of the DHS program (DHS I).
Topics: Family Planning
Feb 1991
Reproductive Preferences: A Comparative ViewThis report analyzes and compares reproductive preferences in the 28 countries included in the first phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program..
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Dec 1990
Immunization: Levels, Trends and DifferentialsThis report presents the results of comparative analysis of immunization coverage (BCG, DPT, polio, and measles) in 21 developing countries.
Topics: Child Health and Development
Dec 1990
An Assessment of DHS-I Data QualityThe objectives of this assessment are to evaluate the quality of the DHS data from 22 surveys and to determine if there is a need to modify questionnaire and field procedures in future surveys.
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Oct 1990
Fertility Levels and TrendsThe purpose of this report is to analyze fertility levels and trends in 25 developing countries which took part in the Demographic and Health Surveys program..
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences