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Data Tabulation

One of the primary goals of the MEASURE DHS program is to produce high-quality data and make it available for analysis in a coherent and consistent form. Data tabulation compiles the data collected from a survey and presents it in terms of national level statistics, and for population subgroups such as those defined by age, education, marital status, economic status, urban/rural residence and region of the country.

Data Tabulation Plan

Survey data are formatted based upon a Data Tabulation Plan, which provides model tables that set forth the major findings of a survey in a manner that will be useful to policy makers and program managers.  The tabulation plan also helps provide guidance concerning the most important indicators that should be presented in the survey reports, the level of analysis expected, and ensures timely dissemination of survey results. Each type of survey conducted by MEASURE DHS (DHS, AIS, SPA), has an associated Data Tabulation Plan.

The data are presented in terms of national level statistics and for population subgroups such as those defined by age, education, marital status, economic status, urban/rural residence and region of the country.  When appropriate to a topic, further data desegregations are shown.  For example, on the topic of HIV knowledge and behavior in the DHS surveys, detailed tabulations are shown for younger respondents age 15 to 24, and on the topic of gender roles, health outcomes are shown by indices of women’s status.

Main Topics in the DHS Tabulation Plan:

• Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Population
• Levels of fertility and Fertility Trends
• Family planning
• Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility and Fertility Preferences
• Infant and Child Mortality
• Reproductive Health and General Women’s Health
• Child Health
• Nutrition of Women and Children
• Malaria
• HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
• HIV Prevalence
• Women’s Empowerment
• Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Care and Support

Main Topics in the AIS Tabulation Plan:

• Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Population
• HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
• HIV Prevalence
• Youth and HIV/AIDS
• Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), Care and Support

Main Topics in the SPA Tabulation Plan:

• Costs of health services
• Availability of services
• Infrastructure
• Quality of care
• Components of care
• Data for Improvement