Mauritania Demographic and Health Survey - 2001

Mauritania
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: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2000-2001

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Office National de la Statistique de la Mauritanie (ONS); ORC Macro

Funders: UNFPA

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Data from 2000-2001 are restricted access.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - 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, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, Fertility;

Time Use;

Violence - Physical violence;