TY - RPRT AU - Kishor, Sunita AU - Neitzel, Katherine CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - The status of women: indicators for twenty-five countries T2 - DHS Comparative Studies No. 21 PB - Macro International PY - 1996 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CS21/CS21.pdf AB - This study utilizes the household and individual level information available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program to compare women's status across 25 countries throughout the developing world. 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 -