Datasets dating from 1986 to the present are available for 93 countries in which data were collect through Household questionnaires, Women's questionnaires, Men's questionnaires, Biomarker's questionnaires, and Fieldworker's questionnaires. The following data types are produced from the collected data : Household Recode, Household Member Recode, Individual Women's Recode, Births Recode, Children's Recode, Men's Recode, Couple's Recode, Geographic Data, Geospatial Covariates. To view surveys and available datasets go to https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm. Access to datasets for DHS surveys and their supporting documents may be granted to individuals who register at https://dhsprogram.com/data/new-user-registration.cfm and create a new research project request.

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program overseen by the US Agency for International AID (USAID) uses nationally representative surveys, biomarker testing, and geographic location to collect data on monitoring and impact evaluation indicators for individual countries and for cross-country comparisons.

Standardized DHS surveys include the Demographic and Health Survey, Service Provision Assessment, HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey, Malaria Indicator Survey, and Key Indicators Survey. The DHS Program also collects biomarkers and geographic data. Data availability varies by year and country. A table that lists all currently available data can be found here.

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The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program is a USAID funded program that supports governments with their demographic and health data surveys and makes the data available on their website. Demographic and health data for 46 African countries https://www.dhsprogram.com/Countries/Country-List.cfm is available from the DHS site. Researchers can register their projects with the Program on the site to obtain access to this data https://www.dhsprogram.com/data/new-user-registration.cfm Reports for each survey round are also available from the site https://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/index.cfm

Analysis unit

Households and individuals

Kind of data

Survey data

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing South Africa - Subnational Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing Türkiye - Subnational Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing Mozambique - National Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

This survey was conducted in Togo by l'Unité de Recherches Démographiques, Direction de Statistiques, Direction Générale de la Santé Office National de la Famille et de la Population. 3,360 women between the ages of 15 - 49 were interviewed from June 1988 - November 1988. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; GPS/Georeferenced; Service Availability

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-22.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

This survey was conducted in Malawi by the National Statistical Office. 4,849 women between the ages of 15 - 49 and 1,1151 men between the ages of 20-54 were interviewed from September 1992 - November 1992. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; Arm Circumference; HIV Knowledge; Maternal Mortality; Men's Survey; Service Availability

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-52.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing Türkiye - National Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

This survey was conducted in Senegal by le Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique. 6,310 women between the ages of 15 - 49 and 1,436 men between the ages of 20 to XX were interviewed from November 1992 - August 1993. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; GPS/Georeferenced; HIV Knowledge; Maternal Mortality; Men's Survey; Service Availability

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-46.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

This survey was conducted in Cameroon by le Bureau Central des Recensements et Études de Population. 5,501 women between the ages of 15 - 49 and 2,562 men between the ages of 15-59 were interviewed from February 1998 - June 1998. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; GPS/Georeferenced; HIV Behavior; HIV Knowledge; Iodine salt test; Maternal Mortality; Men's Survey

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-101.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

This survey was conducted in Cote D'Ivoire by l'Institut National de la Statistique (INS). 8,099 women between the ages of 15 - 49 and 2,552 men between the ages of 15-59 were interviewed from June 1994 - November 1994. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; GPS/Georeferenced; HIV Knowledge; Maternal Mortality; Men's Survey; Service Availability

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-62.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing Togo - Subnational Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.

This survey was conducted in Namibia by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. 5,421 women between the ages of 15 - 49 were interviewed from July 1992 - November 1992. Major topics covered: Anthropometry; Arm Circumference; Causes of Death; Maternal Mortality

Data access requires registration with USAID. USAID now makes this data available directly on their website, which can be accessed here: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey/survey-display-48.cfm - along with additional years of data here: https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm

We advise you use this location to access the data as they have updated formats, etc. This material remains in the archive for preservation and historical purposes.

Data were retrieved from the DHS Program indicator data API, using the following query: https://api.dhsprogram.com/rest/dhs/data/{year},all Data were retrieved for years 1985-2023. Data are reasonably complete, though I cannot guarantee that every available page of data was retrieved: the API had performance issues, and it was necessary to retry portions of the download several times. The data are in compressed JSON format.

Spatial Data Repository and STATcompilerUSAID-funded The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program: Produced by ICF International This spatial Demographic and Health Surveys Program Data Package is made available from the Spatial Data Repository and STATcompiler under the Open Database License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/CITATIONData users should cite the Spatial Data Respository as the source of all derived reports, publications, presentations, or other products. To use the recommended citation, simply replace the date of download.Spatial Data Repository, The Demographic and Health Surveys Program. ICF International. Available from spatialdata.dhsprogram.com [Accessed Day Month Year].

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The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. Four rounds of the survey have been conducted in 1992-93, 1998-99, 2005-06, and 2015-16. The fifth round of the survey (2019-2020) is currently in the field. All of the surveys are part of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The surveys provide information on population, health, and nutrition at the national and state level. Since 2015-16, the surveys have also provided information at the district level. Some of the major topics included in NFHS-4 (2015-16) are fertility, infant and child mortality, family planning, maternal and reproductive health, child vaccinations, prevalence and treatment of childhood diseases, nutrition, women’s empowerment, domestic violence, marriage, sexual activity, employment, anemia, anthropometry, HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing, tobacco and alcohol use, biomarker tests (anthropometry, anemia, HIV, blood pressure, and blood glucose), and water, sanitation, and hygiene. The primary objective of the NFHS surveys is to provide essential data on health and family welfare, as well as emerging issues in these areas. The information collected through the NFHS surveys is intended to assist policymakers and program managers in setting benchmarks and examining progress over time in India’s health sector. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, designated the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, as the agency responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for all of the surveys. IIPS has collaborated with a large number of field agencies for survey implementation. The Demographic and Health Surveys Program has provided technical assistance for all of the surveys.

Documentation

You can access the data through the DHS website. Data files are available in the following five formats:

• Hierarchical CSPro file
• Flat files: ASCII data with syntax, Stata, SPSS, SAS

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All datasets are distributed in archived ZIP files that include the data file and its associated documentation. The DHS Program is authorized to distribute, at no cost, unrestricted survey data files for legitimate academic research. Registration is required to access the data.

Additional information about the surveys is available on the India page on the DHS Program website. This page provides a list of surveys and reports, plus Country Quickstats for India, and it is the gateway to accessing more information about the India surveys and datasets.

Methodology

2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4): Fieldwork for NFHS-4 was conducted in two phases, from January 2015 to December 2016. The fieldwork was conducted by 14 field agencies, including three Population Research Centers. Laboratory testing for HIV was done by seven laboratories throughout India. NFHS-4 collected information from a nationally representative sample of 601,509 households, 699,686 women age 15-49, and 112,122 men age 15-54. The survey covered all 29 states, 7 Union Territories, and 640 districts in India.

Funding for the survey was provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); UKAID/DFID; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; UNICEF; the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and the MacArthur Foundation. Technical Assistance for NFHS-4 was provided by Macro International, Maryland, USA.

2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3): Fieldwork for NFHS-3 was conducted in two phases, from November 2005 to August 2006. The fieldwork was conducted by 18 field agencies, including six Population Research Centers. Laboratory testing for HIV was done by the SRL Ranbaxy laboratory in Mumbai. NFHS-3 collected information from a nationally representative sample of 109,041 households, 124,385 women age 15-49, and 74,369 men age 15-54. The survey covered all 29 states. Only the Union Territories were not included.

Funding for the survey was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID); the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; UNICEF; the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and the Government of India. Technical assistance for NFHS-3 was provided by Macro International, Maryland, USA.

1998-99 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2): Fieldwork for NFHS-2 was conducted in two phases, from November 1998 to December 1999. The fieldwork was conducted by 13 field agencies, including five Population Research Centers. NFHS-2 collected information from a nationally representative sample of 91,196 households and 89,188 ever-married women age 15-49. Male interviews were not included in the survey. The survey cover

This dataset for Ghana combines preprocessed data from two data sources to create a rich source of information that can be used to develop a detailed understanding of poverty in the country.

Content

Demographic & Health Surveys Preprocessed Data

The dataset contains preprocessed data from the DHS for Ghana. There are five main data files:

1. Household data
2. Household Member data
3. Births data
4. Cluster information
5. Geographic information (shapefile)

The first three files contain all the features required for a complete calculation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index. The household member and births data both contain reference IDs that can be used to join them to a particular household in the household datafile. The cluster file contains information required to link each household to a particular cluster, which in turn can be associated with geographic location information.

For detailed descriptions of the features available, refer to the DHS Recode Manual.

For details on how the preprocessed data was obtained, refer to Part III of my submission for the Kiva Challenge https://www.kaggle.com/taniaj/kiva-crowdfunding-targeting-poverty-sub-nat .

Financial Inclusion Insights Survey Preprocessed Data

The dataset also contains preprocessed data from the FII Survey for Ghana. It contains features relevant for developing a financial deprivation indicator, such as whether the respondent has a formal bank account, whether they have formal savings and whether they have access to formal borrowing services.

For detailed descriptions of the features available, refer to the documentation.

For details on how the preprocessed data was obtained, refer to Part IV of my submission for the Kiva Challenge https://www.kaggle.com/taniaj/kiva-crowdfunding-adding-a-financial-dimension .

Other data

In addition to the main datafiles, there are a number of "_sjoin" files, which are intermediate steps in my kernel, where a spatial join was run locally and saved to be read back in due partly to sjoin not working on Kaggle servers, partly to save time.

Terms of Use

Please refer to the following pages for the terms of use:

1. DHS Program Terms of Use
2. Intermedia Terms of Use

Acknowledgements

The original data was provided by:

1. The Demographic & Health Surveys Program, USAID
2. The Financial Inclusion Insights Program, Intermedia

Inspiration

This dataset was added for use in the Data Science for Good: Kiva Crowdfunding challenge

A program that provides technical assistance for surveys that aim to advance global understanding of health and population trends in developing countries. The DHS program collects, analyzes, and disseminates accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries.

Contains data from the DHS data portal. There is also a dataset containing Peru - National Demographic and Health Data on HDX.

The DHS Program Application Programming Interface (API) provides software developers access to aggregated indicator data from The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. The API can be used to create various applications to help analyze, visualize, explore and disseminate data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition from more than 90 countries.