What was the last vaccination you received? The one before that? When did you receive them? Where was the vaccine administered – your arm? Your thigh? The right or the left? For most of us, this is not easy information to remember. And yet it’s what we ask many women to recall for their children […]
From left to right: Patrick, Aziza, Irene N., Doreen, Persis, Irene B. with Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) survey vehicle During fieldwork for a household survey, survey teams visit households that are selected to represent an entire country. Respondents to the survey are as diverse as the country and live within mountains, valleys, deep in […]
How much time do you budget to create a data visualization? The best visualizations, though they appear to be simple and clear, are often the result of dozens of attempts. Demographers spend countless hours crunching data and preparing journal submissions, but not all take full advantage of data visualization, either in their exploratory analysis, or […]
When DHS and other population-based surveys indicate potential problems with a country’s health care systems, such questions are raised: “Are certain services available in health facilities?” “What is the quality of those services?” “Are there factors at the service delivery level that could be contributing to the problems?” The Service Provision Assessment (or SPA) survey […]
Anthropometry measurement (height and weight) is a core component of DHS surveys that is used to generate indicators on nutritional status. The Biomarker Questionnaire now includes questions on clothing and hairstyle interference on measurements for both women and children for improved interpretation.