Jordan Demographic and Health Survey - 2018

Jordan
Middle East & North 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: 2017-2018; 2012; 2009; 2007; 2002; 1997; 1990

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Jordan Department of Statistics; ICF International; ICF Macro; Macro International; ORC Macro; Jordan Ministry of Health; IRD/Macro International

Funders: USAID; UNFPA; UNICEF; Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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. The 2009 sample only includes ever-married women. 2009 is an interim survey. Men are only included in the most recent survey round.

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;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Anthropometry, Nutrition;

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

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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