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Senegal Demographic and Health Survey - 2016

Data Source
  • Senegal
  • 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: 1986; 1992-1993; 1997; 1999; 2005; 2010-2011; 2012-2013; 2014; 2015; 2016
Areas Covered: Nationally Representative
Investigators: Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie du Sénégal (ANSD); ICF International; Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Humain du Sénégal; ORC Macro; Ministère de la Santé du Sénégal; Groupe SERDHA; Macro International; Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan du Sénégal; Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique du Sénégal; lnstitute for Resource Development (IRD)/Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Ministere de la Sante et l'Action sociale (MSAS)
Funders: Government of Senegal; USAID; PMI; UNICEF; Global Fund; Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition au Sénégal (CLM); UNFPA; World Bank; Micronutrient Initiative; Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM)
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. Survey rounds 2012-2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 are DHS Continuous surveys.
Topics
Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;
Economics - Employment;
Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;
Family/Household Structure;
Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Marriage attitudes;
Health Care Access and Utilization;
HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing, Treatment;
Marriage;
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;
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