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Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 1986

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Liberia (LBR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
02/1986 - 07/1986
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

Part of phase 1 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Anemia, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Drug consumption, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Languages, Summary birth history, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Sanitation, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Water supply
Citation
Contributors 
Westinghouse; Institute for Resource Development
Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs (Liberia)
Funders 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publisher 
ICF International
Suggested citation 
Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs (Liberia), Westinghouse; Institute for Resource Development. Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 1986. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 8, 2020