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Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2020

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Liberia DHS 2019
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Liberia (LBR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2019 - 02/2020
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2019-2020 was conducted as part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey series. Topics commonly covered in the DHS include child and maternal health, family planning, nutrition, health behavior and knowledge, health care access and use, and immunization. In addition to a complete birth history for each respondent, this survey also collected a complete birth history for the mother of the respondent. For the 2019-2020 Liberia DHS, 3,338 women ages 15-49 and 1,563 men ages 15-59 were successfully interviewed from 3,321 households.

 

 

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth place, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child labor, Child mortality ...  [View more]
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 19, 2025