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Philippines Demographic and Health Survey 2017

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2017
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Philippines (PHL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
August, 2017 - October, 2017
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Philippines Demographic and Health Survey 2017 is part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series, a nationally representative household survey series. Topics commonly covered in DHS include child and maternal health, family planning, nutrition, health behavior and knowledge, health care access and use, and immunization. For the 2017 Philippines DHS, 25,074 women ages 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 27,496 households.

Keywords 
Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Dental care, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care prices, Health care services, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hepatitis vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypertension, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Land ownership, Languages, Length of stay, Live births, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal sepsis, Measles vaccines, Medical tests, Nonprofits, Obstructed labor, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Pentavalent vaccines, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, School enrollment, Self-inflicted injuries, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional healers, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, VCT, Vaccination cards, Violence-related risk factors, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Zinc, Complete birth history, Stillbirths

Citation

Contributors 
ICF International
Philippines Statistics Authority
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Funders 
Government of the Philippines
Publisher 
ICF International
Publication year 
2018
Suggested citation 
ICF International, Philippines Statistics Authority, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Philippines Demographic and Health Survey 2017. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International, 2018.

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