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Dominican Republic National Multipurpose Household Survey 2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples, ENHOGAR 2012
Provider 
National Statistics Office (Dominican Republic)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Dominican Republic (DOM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2012 - 12/2012
Series or system 
Dominican Republic National Multipurpose Household Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to gather data in order to create current national indicators of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, to know more about household demographic characteristics, and to investigate access to and use of various technologies. The data were collected through in-home interviews. A total of 17,397 households in all of the regions, including urban and rural areas, were interviewed during this survey.

The main themes of the interview were housing conditions, household member demographics, household economic characteristics, use of government programs, health insurance, retirement, and access to the internet, cellphones, and computers.

Keywords 
Assets, Cooking fuels, Dental care, Disability, Disasters, Education, Employment, Employment benefits, Environmental hazards, Family composition, Family size, Health care use, Health insurance, Hearing loss, Hours worked, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Internet, Land ownership, Lighting, Literacy, Living conditions, Marital status, Mass media, Parental survival, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Telephones, Transportation, Unemployment, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023