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Gambia National Survey on Maternal Perinatal, Neonatal, and Infant Mortality and Contraceptive Prevalence 2001

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (The Gambia)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Gambia (GMB)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2001 - 11/2001
Series or system 
Gambia Maternal Mortality Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to collect data on reproductive health indicators in order to inform policies and programs. This survey focused on the topics of contraceptive prevalence, and maternal, peri-natal, infant, and neonatal mortality.

The data were collected through in-person interviews in the home. The interview instruments included separate questionnaires for the household, males, and females between the ages of 15 and 49 years. The main themes of the questionnaires were reproductive history, contraceptive use, marital status, and maternal mortality.

The sample size for this survey was 3,989 households. Individuals interviewed within these households included 5,038 males and 5,786 females.

Keywords 
Anemia, Antenatal care, Birth control pills, Child mortality, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptives, Diaphragms, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family planning, Fertility, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Health promotion, Hospitals, IUDs, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Mortality, Pharmacies, Place of death, Population, Population characteristics, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Sexual abstinence, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control
Citation
Contributors 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Bank
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Central Statistics Department (The Gambia)
Department of State for Health and Social Welfare (The Gambia)
Suggested citation 
Central Statistics Department (The Gambia), Department of State for Health and Social Welfare (The Gambia), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO). Gambia National Survey on Maternal Perinatal, Neonatal, and Infant Mortality and Contraceptive Prevalence 2001.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021