The original Guide to DHS Statistics was written in 2003 and revised in 2006 by Shea Rutstein and Guillermo Rojas. In 2018, the Guide to DHS Statistics was revised for indicators included in tabulations for a standard DHS-7 survey. This version of the Guide to DHS Statistics written in 2022-23 and is an update for indicators included in a standard DHS-8 survey.
This version of the guide was prepared by Trevor Croft with substantial support from Courtney Allen and Blake Zachary. Many DHS Program staff contributed to the writing or reviewing of particular chapters or topics including Fred Arnold, Shireen Assaf, Sarah Balian, Yodit Bekele, Rukundo Benedict, Jean de Dieu Bizimana, Clara Burgert, Debbie Collison, Joy Fishel, Julia Fleuret, Lia Florey, Jose Miguel Guzman, Sara Head, Olsen Hanner, Richard Joseph, Sunita Kishor, Annē Linn, Joanna Lowell, Kerry MacQuarrie, Lindsay Mallick, Claudia Marchena, Aileen Marshall, Fidele Mutima, Sorrel Namaste, Erica Nybro, Ladys Ortiz Parra, Tom Pullum, Keith Purvis, Christian Reed, Kia Reinis, Sara Riese, Luis Alejandro Rey, Guillermo Rojas, Gulnara Semenov, Amadou Sow, Sarah Staveteig, Cameron Taylor, Albert Themme, Wenjuan Wang, Ann Way, Rebecca Winter, Mianmian Yu, Sally Zweimueller.
Chapters of the Guide were also reviewed by Patrick Gerland, Philipp Ueffing, Joseph Cummins, Anaka Aivar, and Nehar Agarwal. Robert Bozsa provided support for the development of the web version.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this Guide to DHS Statistics for their valuable input.