Liberia Demographic and Health Survey - 2013

Liberia
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: 2013; 2007; 1986

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS); Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; Liberia National AIDS Control Program; ICF International; Macro International; Liberia Bureau of Statistics; Liberia Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; Institute for Resource Development (IRD)/Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Funders: USAID; Global Fund; UNICEF; UNFPA; Government of Liberia; UNDP

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. Males are included in the 2007 and 2013 survey rounds only. 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;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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