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El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey 2016

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta de Hogares de Propositos Multiples 2016
Provider 
General Administration of Statistics and Censuses (El Salvador)
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
El Salvador (SLV)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2016 - 12/2016
Series or system 
El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of the El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) is to gather data on the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households in order to develop indicators to inform programs and services.

Data for the 2016 survey were collected through in-person interviews on the topic areas of employment, education, health care, technology access, crime and safety, and food consumption. The sample size was 19,968 homes which provided a national, urban, and rural representation.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Assets, Cooking fuels, Crops, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Disability, Disasters, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Fishing, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Injuries, International migration, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Leisure activities, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Population, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Processed foods, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Safety, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual violence, Social problems, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Tourism, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unemployment, Violence, Waste disposal, Water supply, Whole grains, Working conditions
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023