Survey Summary

Dominican Republic: Standard DHS, 1999
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Dominican Republic
Contract Phase: DHS-IV
Recode Structure: DHS-IV
Implementing Organization: Centro de Estudios Sociodemograficos (CESDEM)
Fieldwork: August 1999 - December 1999
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 1381
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 1286
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 64
Sample Size: 1112
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Calendar ‹The DHS calendar is a month by month history of certain key reproductive and contraceptive key events in the life of the woman respondent for the 5 years preceding the interview.
  • Domestic violence ‹A set of questions on lifetime experience of domestic violence. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men.
  • HIV behavior ‹Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • HIV knowledge ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Men's survey ‹Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.
  • Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
  • 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.