Press Releases
Title: | New Demographic and Health Surveys' Questionnaires Released |
Press Release Date: | 11/25/2014 |
Body: | The USAID-funded Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Program has revised and updated its model questionnaires to meet emerging
program and health needs in developing countries. A major source of public health data
worldwide, The DHS Program has provided technical assistance for more than 300
surveys in over 90 countries. The DHS
questionnaires—household, woman's, man's, and biomarkers —are revised every
five years to ensure that the data collected are most up-to-date and useful for
countries. For the current revision, The
DHS Program solicited feedback on revising the questionnaires through an online
portal on the DHS Users Forum; more than 300 key stakeholders from 80 plus
organizations worldwide responded. The
new questionnaires, available on The DHS Program's website (www.dhsprogram.com), will be used in all
upcoming surveys starting with Zimbabwe, Burundi, and South Africa.Reflecting the growing use of mobile technology in
developing countries, the revised questionnaires now include information on
ownership of mobile telephones, whether women have received voice or text
messages about family planning on a mobile phone, ownership of computers, and
use of the internet. The Woman's
Questionnaire also includes new questions on women's agency such as use of
mobile phones for financial transactions, whether a woman has her own account
in a bank or other financial institution, and whether women own or co-own a
house or land for which their name is on a deed or title. For more information about the revised questionnaires, contact: Kia Reinis (kia.reinis@icfi.com) |
Abstract: | New Demographic and Health Surveys' Questionnaires Released The USAID-funded Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has revised and updated its model questionnaires to meet emerging program and health needs in developing countries. A major source of public health data worldwide, The DHS Program has provided technical assistance for more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries. The DHS questionnaires—household, woman's, man's, and biomarkers —are revised every five years to ensure that the data collected are most up-to-date and useful for countries. For the current revision, The DHS Program solicited feedback on revising the questionnaires through an online portal on the DHS Users Forum; more than 300 key stakeholders from 80 plus organizations worldwide responded. The new questionnaires, available on The DHS Program's website (www.dhsprogram.com), will be used in all upcoming surveys starting with Zimbabwe, Burundi, and South Africa. |