DHS Maternal Mortality Indicators: An Assessment of Data Quality and Implications for Data Use (English)

Document Type

Analytical Studies

Publication Topic(s)

Maternal Mortality

Country(s)

CAR, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Indonesia, Philippines, Bolivia, Peru

Language

English

Author(s)

Cynthia Stanton, Noureddine Abderrahim and Kenneth Hill and Macro International Inc. Calverton, Maryland, USA

Publication Date

September 1997

Publication ID

AR4

Abstract:

This report is a compilation of the maternal mortality data collected in 14 DHS surveys. The objectives of the report are to document DHS procedures for the use of the maternal mortality module, to assess the quality of the sibling history data used to derive the maternal mortality indicators, to provide standardized analyses of these data and to discuss the appropriate use and interpretation of DHS maternal mortality estimates.