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Gabon Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2021

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2019-2021 (EDSG-III)
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Gabon (GAB)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
November, 2019 - October, 2021
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 2019-2021 Gabon Demographic and Health Survey was part of phase 7 of the DHS series. Topics covered included HIV, fertility, family planning, child health, mortality, maternal health, immunization, and use of insecticide-treated bednets. A national sample of 11,781 households was enumerated for the survey. 9,507 women within the households ages 15-49 were interviewed, and a subsample of approximately 5,566 men ages 15-59 were surveyed. 

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antihypertensive drugs, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Cancers, Chemotherapy, Child anthropometry, Child labor, Child mortality, Childhood sexual violence, Children, Circumcision, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corpus uteri cancer, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Education, Education access, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Gestational age, HIV and AIDS, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Heart disease, Height, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypertension, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Jaundice, Land ownership, Languages, Legumes, Length of stay, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal care, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Meat, Medical tests, Menstruation, Mental and behavioral disorders, Milk, Miscarriage, Mortality, Multiple births, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Osteoarthritis, PMTCT, Pain, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Rubella vaccines, STDs, Sanitation, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Starchy vegetables, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Survival, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Unprocessed red meat, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vaccines, Vegetables, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight, Working conditions, Yellow fever vaccines, Zinc, Complete sibling history

Citation

Contributors 
ICF International
General Directorate of Statistics (Gabon)
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Gabon)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Gabon)
Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development (Gabon)
Funders 
World Bank
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Government of Gabon
Publisher 
ICF International
Publication year 
2023
Suggested citation 
General Directorate of Statistics (Gabon), ICF International, Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development (Gabon), Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Gabon), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Gabon). Gabon Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2021. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International, 2023.

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