Ghana Demographic and Health Survey - 2014

Ghana
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; 2008; 2003; 1998; 1993; 1988

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Ghana Statistical Service; Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems. Inc.; Macro International; Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research; ORC Macro; ICF Macro; Ghana Health Service; ICF International

Funders: USAID; Global Fund; National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP); UNICEF; UNDP; UNFPA; International Labor Organization (ILO); Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA); Government of Ghana; Ghana Ministry of Health; Ghana Statistical Service (GSS); Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC)

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Age range varies across survey rounds. 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;