Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey - 2016

East Asia & Pacific
Timor-Leste

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: 2016; 2009-2010

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Timor-Leste General Directorate of Statistics; Timor-Leste Ministry of Planning and Finance; Timor-Leste Ministry of Health; ICF International

Funders: Government of Timor-Leste; USAID; UNFPA; UNICEF; WHO; European Union; World Bank; Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID); Irish Aid

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 over survey rounds. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Community Engagement;

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;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

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