Chad Demographic and Health Survey - 2015

Chad
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: 2014-2015; 2004; 1996-1997

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Institut National de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques (INSEED); ICF International; Ministère de l’Économie, du Plan et de la Coopération du Tchad; ORC Macro; Bureau Central du Recensement Direction de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques du Tchad; Ministère du Plan et de l'Aménagement du Territoire du Tchad; Macro International

Funders: Government of Chad; USAID; UNFPA; UNICEF; UNDP; Agence Française de Développement; Confédération Suisse; World Bank

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

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;