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Dominican Republic Special Demographic and Health Survey 2007

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Encuesta Socioemográfica y sobre VIH/SIDA en los Bateyes Estatales de la República Dominicana 2007
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
Dominican Republic (DOM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
July, 2007 - August, 2007
Series or system 
DHS Special Demographic and Health Survey (Special DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey: Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary 

This survey was conducted as part of phase 5 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. This survey was considered to be a Special DHS was not a national survey. It covered topics similar to a typical DHS in bateys, or towns that were comprised of sugar workers.

Keywords 
Age at first sex, Agriculture, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Secondhand smoke, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, HIV and AIDS, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Summary birth history, Literacy, Live births, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Measles vaccines, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Respiratory infections, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Violence, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Complete birth history, Smokeless tobacco use

Citation

Contributors 
Macro International, Inc
Center for Social and Demographic Studies (Dominican Republic) (CESDEM)
Funders 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publisher 
ICF International
Suggested citation 
Center for Social and Demographic Studies (Dominican Republic) (CESDEM), Macro International, Inc. Dominican Republic Special Demographic and Health Survey 2007. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.

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