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Mexico National Survey of Health and Nutrition - 2016

Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico

The National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) provides information on the state of health and nutritional conditions of the various groups that make up the Mexican population. The survey asked a series of questions about the state of health and nutrition, such as consumption of food and beverages, understanding of food labeling, long-term illnesses, physical activity, vaccination, health services and social programs of food aid to those that are accessed, among others.

Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2016; 2012

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Mexico National Institute of Public Health (INSP)

Funders: Mexico Secretariat of Health

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Mexico National Health Survey - 2000

Data Source

Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico

The Mexico National Health Survey (ENSA) 2000 aimed to provide information on the prevalence and frequency of chronic health conditions and to collect information to aid in the evaluation of health services. In-person interviews were conducted with children, adolescents, and adults within the home. Physical measurements of blood pressure, height, and weight were taken; blood samples and urine samples were also collected; and a sample of the household water was analyzed for chlorine content. The survey covered a range of topics, including demographic characteristics, health status, injuries, disability, maternal health, and the use of health services.

Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 1999-2000

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Mexico National Institute of Public Health (INSP)

Funders: Mexico Secretariat of Health; Mexico National Institute of Public Health (INSP)

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Savings;

Education;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge;

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;

Malawi - Schooling, Income, and Health Risk Impact Evaluation Household Survey - 2012

Data Source

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Schooling Income and Health Risk (SIHR) project is a randomized evaluation of a conditional and unconditional cash transfer intervention that provided incentives (in the form of school fees and cash transfers) to current schoolgirls and recent female dropouts to stay in or return to school in Malawi. The program, known as the Zomba Cash Transfer Program (ZCTP), took place in Zomba, Malawi during 2008 and 2009.

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Experimental

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2012; 2010; 2008-2009; 2007-2008

Areas Covered: District: Zomba

Investigators: Berk Ozler (World Bank); Sarah Baird (George Washington University); Craig McIntosh (University of California, San Diego); Ephraim Chirwa (University of Malawi)

Funders: Global Development Network; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); World Bank

Series:

Health Risk Impact Evaluation Household Survey
Income
Schooling

Notes: Age range during first survey round. Project website link is to the baseline data only.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

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;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Marriage Transitions in Malawi - 2009

Data Source

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Marriage Transitions in Malawi (MTM) project is a longitudinal study that follows young women and men in central Malawi to investigate the social and economic influences on the timing of key life events in the lives young people, such as leaving school, having sex for the first time, and getting married. The study also aimed to identify whether and how socio-economic conditions and gender influence a person’s chances of acquiring HIV.

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 1,000-2,499

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2009; 2008; 2007

Areas Covered: District: Salima

Investigators: Kathleen Beegle (World Bank); Michelle Poulin (World Bank)

Funders: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; World Bank

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

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

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Tsogolo la Thanzi ("Healthy Futures") - 2012

Data Source

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT) is a longitudinal study in Balaka, Malawi designed to examine how young people navigate reproduction in an AIDS epidemic. The study collected data to develop a better understanding of the reproductive goals and behavior of young adults in Malawi — the first cohort to have never experienced life without AIDS.

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 1,000-2,499

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009

Areas Covered: Town: Balaka

Investigators: Jenny Trinitapoli (University of Chicago); Sara Yeatman (University of Colorado Denver)

Funders: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Age during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Marriage attitudes;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Violence - Sexual violence;

Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health - 2010

Data Source

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is a longitudinal cohort study that collects information on social networks, fertility behaviors, HIV risk perceptions, health, sexual behaviors, intergenerational relations, and family/household dynamics in a rural population.

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2010; 2008; 2006; 2004; 2001; 1998

Areas Covered: Districts: Rumphi; Mchinji; Balaka

Investigators: Hans-Peter Kohler (University of Pennsylvania)

Funders: Rockefeller Foundation; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); University of Pennsylvania (Population Studies Center-PSC, Research Foundation); Population Aging Research Center (PARC); Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Security; National Institute on Aging (NIA); Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

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;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Physical violence;

Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study (MSAS) - 2013

Data Source

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

MSAS is a longitudinal survey conducted to better understand the effect of school quality on learning and health among in-school and out-of-school adolescents in the Balaka and Machinga districts of Malawi. Data were collected on young people’s schooling experiences, learning, and health outcomes.

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2013; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007

Areas Covered: Districts: Balaka; Machinga

Investigators: Paul C. Hewett (Population Council); Barbara Mensch (Population Council)

Funders: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Spencer Foundation; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning, School quality;

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;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

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

Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Liberia - 2010

Data Source

Liberia
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (EPAG) program provided young Liberian women with livelihood and life skills training to facilitate their transition to productive work. The program targeted young women (16-24 years) who possessed basic literacy and numeracy skills; who were not in school (although night school was okay); and who lived in one of nine target communities in and around Monrovia. The program consisted of six-months of classroom training followed by six-months of placement and support. The baseline survey aimed to benchmark the socioeconomic status of each study participant as a measure of comparison against the midline and endline survey data and to confirm that there are no, or few, statistically significant differences in observable characteristics between the treatment and control groups.

Liberia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 1,000-2,499

Sex:

Females

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Experimental

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2010

Areas Covered: 9 communities in Greater Monrovia and Kakata City

Investigators: Shubha Chakravarty (World Bank)

Funders: Nike Foundation; Government of Denmark

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban;

Economics;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Gender role beliefs;

HIV/AIDS and STIs;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Physical violence, Sexual violence;

Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde de Escolar (PENSE) (Brazil National Survey of School Health) - 2015

Data Source

Brazil
Latin America & Caribbean

The Brazil National Survey of School Health is a cross-sectional study of school-attending youth. This survey covers a range of topics, including physical health, sexual health, illegal substance use, violence, health facility use, and education.

Brazil
Latin America & Caribbean

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2015; 2012; 2009

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazil Institute of Geography and Statistics)

Funders: Brazil Ministry of Health; Brazil Ministry of Education

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Crime;

Education - School quality;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Treatment;

Mental Health;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Urban and Rural;

Violence - Sexual violence;

Urban Life among Youth in Kisumu Project (ULYKP) - 2007

Data Source

Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Urban Life among Youth in Kisumu Project (ULYKP) aims to improve the quality and scope of data collected on sexual relationships and behavior among young people. The study employed a novel survey instrument called the Relationship History Calendar (RHC), which uses a life history calendar format to record detailed, 10-year retrospective information on sexual relationships, fertility, migration, schooling, work, and HIV testing histories. The quality of sexual behavior data captured by the RHC in half the sample is compared to that collected by a standard Sexual Partnership Questionnaire (SPQ), similar to the one used in Demographic and Health Surveys, in the other half of the sample. The study also created a matched partner data set by interviewing recent sexual partners of the respondents.

Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa

Study Website

Adolescents: 1,000-2,499

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2007

Areas Covered: Kisumu

Investigators: Nancy Luke (Pennsylvania State University); Shelley Clark (McGill University); Eliya Zulu (African Institute for Development Policy)

Funders: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

HIV/AIDS and STIs;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

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Mexico National Survey of Health and Nutrition - 2016

Mexico National Health Survey - 2000

Tsogolo la Thanzi ("Healthy Futures") - 2012

Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde de Escolar (PENSE) (Brazil National Survey of School Health) - 2015