Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey - 2014

Bangladesh
South Asia

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.

Study Website

Adolescents: 10,000+

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2014; 2011; 2007; 2004; 1999-2000; 1996-1997; 1993-1994

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Mitra and Associates; ICF International; Bangladesh National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT); Macro International; ORC Macro

Funders: USAID; Government of Bangladesh

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Female and male age ranges vary across survey rounds. Female and male age range taken from most recent survey. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Gender role beliefs;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence;