TY - RPRT AU - Ayad, Mohamed AU - Piani, Andrea L. AU - Barrere, Bernard AU - Ekouevi, Koffi AU - Otto, James CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Demographic characteristics of households T2 - DHS Comparative Studies No. 14 PB - Macro International PY - 1994 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CS14/CS14.pdf AB - Changes in household composition and structure have an impact on the distribution of goods and services, the planning of community institutions, and requirements for schools, housing, and the health infrastructure. This comparative report looks at 25 national surveys conducted under the first phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys program (DHS I) and addresses definitions of the household and issues related to the data comparability; quality of age data; and household demographic characteristics such as age and sex structure, size of households and headship of households. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is a 13-year project to assist government and private agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on population and maternal and child health. Funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DHS is administered by Macro International Inc. in Calverton, Maryland, USA. ER -