Category Archives: Data

DHS Data: More than Demographic and Health Indicators

Written by: Mahmoud Elkasabi

08 Jul, 2014

In 2006, I was working as a sampling statistician at the Public Opinion Poll Center (POPC) in Egypt where I met Dr. Sahar El-Tawila. I discovered that she had used 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey data in a nontraditional way: to explore the differences between households that owned landline phones and households that did not. At the time, most survey […]

Top 5 Ways to Access DHS Data

Written by: Erica Nybro

24 Mar, 2014

data inform policies, programs, and research all over the world. How do you access ? For me, it depends on my purpose. For a quick reference to an indicator in a meeting, the mobile app is my go-to source. When I’m writing a report I’m a purist: I need a hard copy of final reports with […]

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