Measure Dhs MEASURE DHS: Quality Information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs
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- HIV
- Malaria
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-Anemia (*)
-Child Health
-Education
-Family Planning
-Fertility and Fertility Preferences
-Household and Respondent Characteristics
-Infant and Child Mortality
-Maternal Health
-Maternal Mortality (*)
-Nutrition
-Wealth/Socioeconomics
-Women's Status and Empowerment
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Although MEASURE DHS does not currently provide any surveys specific to education, education is a key background indicator in the DHS that helps contextualize a country’s health and development situation.  All respondents provide their highest level of education, as well as that for all household members.  Thus, health indicators can be compared to educational levels, often revealing a strong association between education and improved health, higher levels of knowledge, and increased levels of empowerment of women.

Related Publications

Final DHS reports: All DHS final reports include education indicators in the chapters on Household and Respondent characteristics.  In addition, all subsequent chapters display population, health and nutrition data by educational level. 

Analytical Studies
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AR7 The Consequences of Imperfect Fertility Control for Children's Survival, Health, and Schooling (English) 1997
 
Comparative Reports
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CR24 Changes in HIV-Related Knowledge and Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 2009
CS29 Education (English) 1998
CS21 Status of Women: Indicators for Twenty-five Countries (English) 1996
 
Further Analysis
ID Title Published
FA25 Perspectives on the Population & Health Situation in Egypt (English) 1998
FA1 Health and Population Studies Based on the 1987 Thailand Demographic and Health Survey (English) 1989
 
Other Dissemination Materials
ID Title Published
DM5 The Impact of Education on Health Reforms: A new look at data from the 2005 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (English) 2007
 
Other Documents
ID Title Published
OD60 Millennium Development Goals in Ghana (English) 2010
OD46 Trends in Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia, 2000 and 2005 (English) 2008
OD25 Youth Reproductive Health in Ethiopia (English) 2002
OD20 Guatemala Salud Materno Infantil en los Departamentos del Altiplano (Spanish) 1999
 
Policy Briefs
ID Title Published
PB1 Pakistan Briefing Kit 2006-07 (English) 2008
 
Working Papers
ID Title Published
WPZ7 Biological, Social and Environmental Determinants of Low Birth Weight and Stunting among Infants and Young Children in Zimbabwe (English) 2010
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
WP24 Education and Nutritional Status of Orphans and Children of HIV-Infected Parents in Kenya (English) 2005
WP17 Mortalidad Infantil y Educación Materna en República Dominicana: Décadas de los 70 y los 80 (Spanish) 1995
WP15 Marital Fertility in Brazil: Differential by Type of Union and its Importance in the Fertility Transition, 1976-1991 (English) 1994
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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