Madagascar Demographic and Health Survey - 2009

Madagascar
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: 2008-2009; 2003-2004; 1997; 1992

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Institut National de la Statistique de Madagascar (INSTAT); ICF Macro; Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et du Budget de Madagascar; ORC Macro; Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales de Madagascar (INSTAT); Macro International; Centre National de Recherches sur l'Environnement de Madagascar

Funders: USAID; UNFPA; UNICEF; WHO; World Bank; African Development Bank; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Agence Française de Développement; Government of Madagascar

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Male age range taken from most recent survey. Male age range varies across 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, Treatment;

Marriage;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;