Survey Summary

Jordan: Interim DHS, 2009
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HIV Testing
Not Collected
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Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Jordan
Contract Phase: DHS-VI
Recode Structure: DHS-V
Implementing Organization: Department of Statistics (DOS)
Fieldwork: October 2009 - December 2009
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 13577
Female: Ever Married Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 10109
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Abortion ‹Questions asking women about pregnancies that ended in an abortion. Includes pregnancy histories where abortion is mentioned as an outcome or when a question such as "Did you or someone else do something to end this pregnancy?" is used.
  • Anemia testing
  • Anthropometry
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
  • Tobacco use ‹Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.