Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey - 2014

Lesotho
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; 2009; 2004

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Lesotho Ministry of Health; ICF International; Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; ICF Macro; Lesotho Bureau of Statistics; ORC Macro

Funders: Government of Lesotho; USAID; U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); UNFPA; UNICEF; Global Fund; World Bank; WHO; Irish Aid; Millenium Challenge Account (MCA); National AIDS Commission (NAC); Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI); UK Department for International Development (DFID)

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, 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;