Survey Summary

Yemen: Standard DHS, 1997
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Restricted Data
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Yemen
Contract Phase: DHS-III
Recode Structure: DHS-III
Implementing Organization: Central Statistical Organization
Fieldwork: October 1997 - December 1997
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 10701
Female: Ever Married Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 10414
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anthropometry
  • Causes of death ‹Questions asking about cause of death but not a full verbal autopsy. See also the verbal autopsy module and the accident and injury module.
  • Cooking fuel ‹A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Female genital cutting ‹A set of questions asking women about their experience of female genital cutting, also known as female circumcision or female genital mutilation. Questions are also asked about the woman's daughters age 14 and younger.
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • Maternal mortality ‹A set of questions asking about all siblings of the respondent (children born to the respondent's biological mother) concerning their sex, age, survival status, and whether the death was pregnancy-related. Questions are used to estimate maternal mortality, pregnancy-related mortality, and adult mortality. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men as well.
  • Micronutrients ‹Questions asking which foods and drinks were consumed by children in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
  • Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
  • Prenatal care - folic acid ‹Questions asking women if they took folic acid supplements during the pregnancy for her last live birth.
  • Social marketing ‹Questions asking individuals about the brands of condoms and pills used by respondents to identify the social marketing brands used in the country. Condom brands can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Tobacco use ‹Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Women's status ‹Questions asking individuals about decision-making, ownership of house/land, use of banks, and other related questions. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.