Philippines Demographic and Health Survey - 2017

East Asia & Pacific
Philippines

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: 2017; 2013; 2008; 2003; 1998; 1993

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Philippine Statistics Authority; ICF International; Philippines National Statistics Office; ICF Macro; ORC Macro; Philippines Department of Health; Macro International

Funders: Government of the Philippines; USAID; Department of Health

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Males are included in the 2003 survey round only. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Gender role beliefs, Marriage attitudes;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition;

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

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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