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Benin Demographic and Health Survey 1996

General Info

Original or alternative title 
République du Bénin Enquête Démographique et de Santé 1996 (EDSB-I)
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Benin (BEN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
June, 1996 - August, 1996
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Household - Individual - Interview
Summary 

Part of phase 3 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antimotility drugs, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Complete birth history, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Food industry, Gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, HPV, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Iodine supplements, Land ownership, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Nutrition, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Self-treatment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Syphilis, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichomoniasis, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Summary birth history

Citation

Contributors 
Macro International, Inc
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) (Benin)
Funders 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Publisher 
ICF International
Suggested citation 
Macro International, Inc, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (INSAE) (Benin). Benin Demographic and Health Survey 1996. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.

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