Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Bangladesh 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Continued Fertility Decline and High Use of Family PlanningTuesday, April 24th, 2012 Posted in Health, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Bangladesh 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the ninth demographic survey taken in the country since 1975. Except for a few very small countries ... Read more..2011 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey Shows No Decline in Fertility But Dramatic Decline in Infant and Child MortalityFriday, April 13th, 2012 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Mozambique 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the third DHS in a series that began in 1997. The preliminary report has just been released. ... Read more..Cameroon 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Stalled Fertility Decline, Improving Health IndicatorsMonday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior demographer The Cameroon 2011 Demographic and Health Survey – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey is the fourth DHS in a series that began in 1991. As so often ... Read more..Senegal 2010-2011 Demographic and Health Survey ResultsThursday, October 20th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar The 2010-2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) interviewed 15,688 women and 4,929 men ages 15 to 49. The total fertility rate (TFR -- the average ... Read more..Malawi 2010 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Great Strides in Maternal and Child Health, Slow Fertility DeclineThursday, October 13th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar The Malawi 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the latest in a regular series of DHS surveys that began in 1992. The survey interviewed ... Read more..Rwanda’s 2010 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Remarkable Drop in Fertility and Child MortalityFriday, October 7th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar The Rwanda 2010 DHS is the latest in a regular series of DHS surveys that began in 1992, although hostilities had delayed the next survey ... Read more..Zimbabwe’s 2010-2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Fertility Increase, Stagnant Progress on HealthThursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar The new Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Zimbabwe presents evidence that the country's progress on reproductive and maternal and child health has stagnated ... Read more..Burkina Faso’s 2010 Demographic and Health Survey/MICS Shows Slow Fertility Decline; Remarkable Progress on HealthMonday, September 26th, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar The Burkina Faso 2010 DHS interviewed 17,087 women ages 15 to 49 and 7,307 men ages 15-to 59 from May 2010 to January 2011. ... Read more..Ethiopia’s 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows Remarkable Fertility Decline, But Continued Rural Health ChallengesWednesday, September 21st, 2011 Posted in Health, Population Basics, Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar Continuing my recent practice of posting a quick summary of results from new demographic surveys in developing countries, here is another new Demographic and Health ... Read more..Nepal’s 2011 Demographic and Health Survey Shows TFR Decline, But Lagging ProgressFriday, September 9th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health by Carl Haub, senior visiting scholar With this post, I'll begin giving brief summaries of surveys that update important variables such as the total fertility rate (TFR), infant mortality, contraceptive use, ... Read more.. |
