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Final Reports

Surveys that have implemented the DHS Female Genital Cutting Module include a chapter on the topic in the final report.

Surveys that have implemented the Domestic Violence Module include a chapter on the topic in the final report.

Surveys that have implemented the Women's Status Module include information on the topic in the final report. All DHS final reports include basic indicators on basic Women's Status and Empowerment indicators.


Analytical Studies
ID Title Published
AS3 Trends and Differentials in Adolescent Reproductive Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 2002
AS5 Female Genital Cutting in Guinea: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies (English) 2001
AS1 The Substitution of Contraception for Abortion in Kazakhstan in the 1990's (English) 2001
 
Comparative Reports
ID Title Published
CR20 Understanding Women's Empowerment: A Comparative Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Data (English) 2008
CR5 Trends in Marriage and Early Childbearing in Developing Countries (English) 2003
CS29 Education (English) 1998
CS24 Maternal Nutritional Status (English) 1997
CS25 Maternal Health Care (English) 1997
CS23 Gender Preferences for Children (English) 1997
CS21 Status of Women: Indicators for Twenty-five Countries (English) 1996
CS18 Men's Fertility, Contraceptive Use, and Reproductive Preferences (English) 1996
CS10 Marriage and Entry into Parenthood (English) 1994
 
Further Analysis
ID Title Published
FA39 Determinants of the Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children in Ethiopia (English) 2002
FA23 The Socioeconomic and Demographic Situation of Adolescents and Young Adults in Zimbabwe (English) 1997
FA16 Fertility Trends, Women's Status, and Reproductive Expectations in Turkey (English) 1997
FA14 Contraception, Abortion and Maternal Health Services in Turkey (English) 1996
FA13 Perspectives on Fertility and Family Planning in Egypt (English) 1995
 
Geographic Studies
ID Title Published
GS2 Contextual Influences on the Use of Antenatal Care in Nepal (English) 2004
 
Occasional Papers
ID Title Published
OP5 Urban Women's Employment Trajectories in Ghana and Bolivia (English) 1996
OP2 Autonomy and Egyption Women: Findings from the 1988 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (English) 1995
 
Other Documents
ID Title Published
OD46 Trends in Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia, 2000 and 2005 (English) 2008
OD45 Women's Health in Tanzania (English) 2007
OD40 Women's Lives and Experiences: Changes in the Past Ten Years (English) 2006
OD32 A Focus on Gender: Collected Papers on Gender Using DHS Data (English) 2005
OD31 Profiling Domestic Violence; A Multi-Country Study (English) 2004
OD25 Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia (English) 2002
OD23 Reproductive Health of Young Adults in Uganda (English) 2002
OD14 Female Genital Cutting and Coming of Age in Guinea (English, French) 1999
OD6 Female Genital Cutting (English) 1997
OD16 Women's Lives and Experiences (English) 1994
 
Other Fact Sheets
ID Title Published
OF5 Kenya 2003 DHS Gender Fact Sheet (English) 2006
OF6 Nigeria 2003 DHS Gender Fact Sheet (English) 2006
 
Other Final Reports
ID Title Published
FR75 Uganda: 1995/96 - Uganda 1995/96 Final Report (Indepth) - Negotiating Reproductive Outcomes in Uganda (English) 1996
OD4 Philippines: 1993 - Philippines National Safe Motherhood Survey 1993 (English) 1994
 
Qualitative Research Studies
ID Title Published
QRS5 Coping with Pregnancy; Experiences of Adolescents in Ga Mashi Accra (English) 2002
QRS1 Contraceptive Practice in Quirino Province, Philippines: Experiences of Side Effects (English) 2001
QRS2 Female Genital Cutting and Coming of Age in Guinea (English, French) 1999
 
Working Papers
ID Title Published
WP43 What's in the Gap? Factors Associated with the Interval Between Age at First Sex and Age at First Marriage in Cameroon and Their Implications for Reproductive Health and Women's Empowerment (English) 2008
WP44 Cross-National Variation in Attitudinal Measures of Gender Preference for Children: An Examination of Demographic and Health Surveys from 40 Countries (English) 2008
WP10 Women's Education and Fertility in Latin America: Exploring the Significance of Education for Women's Lives (English) 1994
WP1 Maternal Education, Use of Health Services, and Child Survival: An Analysis of Data from the Bolivia DHS Survey (English) 1990
 
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