Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey - 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania

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: 2015-2016; 2010; 2004-2005; 1999; 1996; 1991-1992

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC); Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS); Tanzania Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS); ICF; ICF Macro; ORC Macro; Macro International

Funders: Government of Tanzania; USAID; Global Affairs Canada; Irish Aid; UNICEF; UNFPA; Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC); UK Department for International Development (DFID); WHO; World Food Programme (WFP); UNDP; Tanzania Vice President's Office

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Age range taken from most recent survey. 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, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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