Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey - 2011

Cameroon
Sub-Saharan Africa

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: 2011; 2004; 1998; 1991

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun (INS); ICF International; ORC Macro; Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire du Cameroun; Ministère de la Santé Publique du Cameroun; Ministère de la Planification, de la Programmation du Développement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire du Cameroun; Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population du Cameroun; Ministère des Investissements, Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire du Cameroun; Macro International; Direction Nationale du Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat du Cameroun

Funders: Government of Cameroon; USAID; UNICEF; UNFPA; World Bank

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Male age range taken from most recent survey. Male age range varies across survey rounds. 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, Treatment;

Marriage;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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