Bolivia Demographic and Health Survey - 2008

Bolivia
Latin America & Caribbean

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:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2008; 2003; 1998; 1994; 1989

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc.; Bolivia Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE); Macro International

Funders: USAID; UNICEF; UNFPA; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Bolivia Ministry of Sustainable Development and the Environment; Bolivia Ministry of the Treasury; World Bank; UK Department for International Development (DFID); UNDP; World Food Programme (WFP); Bolivia Child and Community Health Project; Bolivia Ministry of Health and Sports; Bolivia Health Reform Program; Global Affairs Canada; Proyecto de Salud Integral (PROSIN); Programa de Apoyo al Sector de la Higiene y Salud de Base (PROHISABA); Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Males are included in the 1998, 2003, and 2008 survey rounds only. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

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;