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Nicaragua Demographic and Health Survey - 2001

Data Source
  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Nicaragua

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: 2001; 1998
Areas Covered: Nationally Representative
Investigators: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC); Nicaragua Ministry of Health; Macro International; ORC Macro
Funders: USAID; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA); UNFPA; UNICEF; World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; 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 1998 survey round 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;
Migration and Mobility;
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;
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