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Kuwait World Health Survey 2008-2010

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Kuwait)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Kuwait (KWT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2010
Series or system 
World Health Survey Plus
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The World Health Survey Plus (WHS+) was implemented in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in order to collect comparable data for informing strategic planning, program management, monitoring, and evaluation. The Kuwait World Health Survey 2008-2010 collected socioeconomic, demographic, and health data, particularly related to wellbeing, health care utilization, and risk factors for various diseases.

Three questionnaires were used: one for the household; one for individuals; and one for non-national individuals in labor camps, collective families, and domestic workers. A total of 4,389 households were interviewed, including 5,004 individuals in both standard and non-standard households.

Measurements included height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure. Biochemical measurements were obtained for fasting blood glucose and total cholesterol levels.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Assets, Asthma, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cataracts, Child health care, Cholesterol tests, Chronic respiratory diseases, Corrective lenses, Cough, Crime, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family size, Fever, Food expenditures, Fruits and vegetables, Glucose tests, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Home care, Hospitals, Household expenditures, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Incontinence, Injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Medical tests, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Obesity, Occupations, Oral conditions, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Respiratory function tests, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Stroke, Teachers, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, VCT, Vision loss, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 2, 2022

Kuwait Child Health Survey 1987

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General Info
Geography 
Kuwait (KWT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/1987 - 04/1987
Series or system 
Gulf Child Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Child Health Survey was conducted as part of the Gulf Child Health Survey Program. The first phase of the survey covered all households in the sample and included a Basic Household Survey, Maternal Care Survey, and a Child Health Survey. A second, multi-round survey was administered to two groups: women reported as ever married and under 50 years of age in the first phase and children under age 6. A sample of 3,740 nationally representative households was chosen. 3,411 households were enumerated for the main survey, including 4,233 women who were identified as eligible for the individual maternal care interview in the second phase; 4,175 of those women were surveyed. A total of 7,687 children under six years of age were enumerated in the household survey and covered in the child health survey. The report and tabulations may be available through the library system.

Keywords 
Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Condoms, Contraceptives, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health status, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal care, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Oral rehydration therapy, Polio vaccines, Population, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Reproductive health, Sanitation, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Telephones, Therapies, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022

Kuwait Family Health Survey 1996

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General Info
Geography 
Kuwait (KWT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1996 - 12/1996
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The survey is part of the Gulf Family Health Survey (GFHS), a research program executed by the Council of Health Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. The survey instruments consist of four questionnaires: household health status, household environmental conditions, reproductive health, and child health.  The first two questionnaires were successfully administered to 3,673 households. The reproductive health questionnaire was answered by 3,453 ever-married women under 50 years of age, while the child health questionnaire gathered information on 3,514 children under five years of age. 

The survey covers topics such as living conditions, maternal care, tobacco use, child vaccinations, and various health indicators of morbidity. The report and tabulations may be available through the library system.

Keywords 
Abortion, Allergies, Anemia, Antibiotics, Antihypertensive drugs, Antimotility drugs, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Blood disorders, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child health care, Children, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptives, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Diabetes, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Digestive diseases, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Eczema, Education, Education degrees, Electricity, Employment, Epilepsy, Falls, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, G6PD deficiency, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, IUDs, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Injuries, Insulin, Iron supplements, Iron-deficiency anemia, Ischemic heart disease, Leisure activities, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, MMR vaccines, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal care, Measles, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mental and behavioral disorders, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Mumps, Musculoskeletal diseases, Noncommunicable diseases, Nutritional deficiencies, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pain, Paralysis, Peptic ulcer disease, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Refrigeration, Road traffic injuries, Rubella, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sexual sterilization, Sickle cell disorders, Skin diseases, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Stroke, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Thalassemias, Therapies, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Urinary tract infections, Urticaria, Vaccination cards, Varicella, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Summary birth history, Trichuriasis, Hookworm disease, Ascariasis, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022

Qatar Family Health Survey 1998

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
QFHS-98
Geography 
Qatar (QAT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/1998 - 05/1998
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The survey is part of the Global Family Health Survey (GFHS), a research program executed by the Council of Health Ministers of the GCC States. The sample of 4,774 Qatari citizen households is based on the 1997 census. The survey instrument consists of four questionnaires: household health status, household environmental conditions, reproductive health, and child health.  The first two questionnaires were successfully administered to 4,207 households. The reproductive health questionnaire was answered by 3,787 ever-married women under 50 years of age, while the child health questionnaire gathered information on 3,775 children under five years of age. The report and tabulations may be available through the library system.

Keywords 
Abortion, Allergies, Anemia, Antibiotics, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Chronic kidney diseases, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Diabetes, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Dietary supplements, Digestive diseases, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Employment, Falls, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Headache, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Household deaths, Housing, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Insulin, Iron supplements, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal care, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal morbidity, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Multiple births, Noncommunicable diseases, Oral rehydration therapy, Otitis media, Pharmacies, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Reproductive health, Respiratory infections, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Urinary tract infections, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply, Summary birth history, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022

Qatar Child Health Survey 1987

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General Info
Geography 
Qatar (QAT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1987 - 12/1987
Series or system 
Gulf Child Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Child Health Survey was conducted as part of the Gulf Child Health Survey Program. The first phase of the survey covered all households in the sample and included a Basic Household Survey, Maternal Care Survey, and a Child Health Survey. A second, multi-round survey was administered to two groups: women reported as ever married and under 50 years of age in the first phase and children under age six. Out of a sample of 4,194 nationally representative households, 3,868 were enumerated for the main survey. The maternal care survey interviewed 3,918 women (out of 3,958 eligible participants). A total of 4,921 children under six years of age were enumerated in the household survey and 4,901 in the child health survey. The report and tabulations may be available through the library system.

Keywords 
Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Disability, Drownings, Education, Electricity, Employment, Falls, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health status, Height, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injuries, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Population, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Reproductive health, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Telephones, Therapies, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Unintentional injuries, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Summary birth history
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022

Saudi Arabia Family Health Survey 1996-1997

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General Info
Geography 
Saudi Arabia (SAU)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1996 - 01/1997
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The survey is part of the Gulf Family Health Survey (GFHS), a research program executed by the Council of Health Ministers of the GCC States. The sample of 11,080 households was based on the 1992 census.  The survey instrument consisted of four questionnaires: household health status, household socioeconomic and environmental conditions, reproductive health, and child health.  The first two questionnaires were successfully administered to 10,510 households.  The reproductive health questionnaire was answered by 8,894 ever-married women under 50 years of age, while the child health questionnaire gathered information on 10,831 children under five years of age. The report included demographic information, general health indicators, patterns of chronic illness and care-seeking  behavior, nuptiality, indicators of safe motherhood and obstetric complications, child nutritional status, breastfeeding and supplementation, childhood morbidity, and immunization.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Allergies, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diet, Dietary supplements, Digestive diseases, Disability, Education, Electricity, Employment, Falls, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Headache, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Heart disease, Height, Hepatitis vaccines, Home care, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household deaths, Housing, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Incidence, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Insulin, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal care, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal morbidity, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Multiple births, Musculoskeletal diseases, Noncommunicable diseases, Oral rehydration therapy, Otitis media, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Population, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, Self-treatment, Sense organ diseases, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Stroke, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Trichuriasis, Unintentional injuries, Urinary tract infections, Vaccination cards, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 8, 2023

Saudi Arabia Child Health Survey 1987-1988

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
National Child Health Survey (NCHS)
Geography 
Saudi Arabia (SAU)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/1987 - 06/1988
Series or system 
Gulf Child Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Child Health Survey was conducted as part of the Gulf Child Health Survey Program. The first phase of the survey covered all households in the sample and included a Basic Household Survey, Maternal Care Survey, and a Child Health Survey. A second, multi-round survey was administered to three groups: women reported as pregnant in the first phase, children born in the 12-month period prior to the first phase, and children born during the follow up survey to pregnant women covered in the second phase.

A sample of 9,061 nationally representative households was chosen, excluding the nomadic population. Of the chosen sample, 8,044 households were surveyed for the main survey, including 8,563 women who were identified as eligible for the individual maternal care interview in the second phase; 8,482 of those women were surveyed. A total of 13,332 children under six years of age were enumerated in the household survey. The report and tabulations may be available through the library system.

Keywords 
Antimotility drugs, BCG vaccines, Breastfeeding, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, DTP vaccines, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Education, Electricity, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Health care use, Health status, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Infants, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal age, Maternal care, Maternal health, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Polio vaccines, Population, Pregnancy, Reproductive health, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Therapies, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022

United Arab Emirates Family Health Survey 1995

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Geography 
United Arab Emirates (ARE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/1995 - 06/1995
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

Part of the Gulf Family Health Survey program, this survey included education, birth histories, and maternal and child health.  The survey also asked adults about morbidity and smoking habits. It was conducted by the Ministry of Health of the United Arab Emirates.  The reports are only available in hard copy format, and some libraries may be able to procure this report through the interlibrary loan system.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Ascariasis, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Corrective lenses, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disability, Education, Fertility, Health care use, Height, Hookworm disease, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Infant mortality, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Trichuriasis, Unintentional injuries, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 7, 2023

Oman Family Health Survey 1995

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General Info
Geography 
Oman (OMN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1995 - 12/1995
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

Part of the Gulf Family Health Survey program conducted in the six Gulf states between 1995 and 1998, this survey included education, birth histories, and maternal and child health. The survey also asked adults about morbidity and smoking habits. It was conducted by the Ministry of Health of Oman. The reports are only available in hard copy format, and some libraries may be able to procure this report through the interlibrary loan system.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Ascariasis, Assets, Asthma, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Corrective lenses, Dental care, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Fertility, Health care use, Height, Hookworm disease, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Infant mortality, Malnutrition, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Mortality, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Trichuriasis, Unintentional injuries, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 7, 2023

Bahrain Family Health Survey 1995

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Geography 
Bahrain (BHR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/1995 - 12/1995
Series or system 
Gulf Family Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

This nationally representative survey was conducted as part of the Gulf Family Health Project. The sample was a two-stage stratified cluster sample of 4,550 households, based on the 1991 census. The sample is not strictly self-weighting. Of the total sample 4,166 Bahrani households were successfully interviewed. There were four questionnaires: household, household environmental conditions, reproductive health and child health. Health information in the survey is all self-reported; however, the survey did include child anthropometric measurements.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, Asthma, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Health care use, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hookworm disease, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Mumps, Musculoskeletal diseases, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Organized violence, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Sanitation, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Trichuriasis, Urinary tract infections, Vaccination cards, Varicella, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023

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