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Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2022

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) 2022
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
February, 2022 - July, 2022
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2022, also known as the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS), is part of phase eight of the Demographic and Health 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 2022 Tanzania DHS, 15,254 women and 5,763 men ages 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 15,705 households. Anthropometry measurements, blood pressure, blood smear and finger/heel prick blood samples, and urine tests were conducted for the presence of malaria, anemia, and iodine deficiency in a sub-sample of respondents.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antihypertensive drugs, Antimalarials, Antiretroviral therapy, Assets, Autism, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child anthropometry, Child development, Child mortality, Circumcision, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Disability, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Female circumcision, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Height, Hemoglobin, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Hygiene, Hypertension, IUDs, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, International migration, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Jaundice, Land ownership, Languages, Limited mobility, Literacy, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Meat, Medicines, Menstruation, Mental health symptoms, Micronutrient supplements, Miscarriage, Mortality, Multiple births, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Physical activity, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Processed foods, Processed meats, Psoriasis, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Rotavirus vaccines, STDs, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Seizures, Sensory aids, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Smokeless tobacco use, Starchy vegetables, Stillbirths, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Summary birth history, Survival, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unemployment, Unprocessed red meat, Urine tests, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight, Complete sibling history

Citation

Contributors 
ICF International
Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania)
Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) (Zanzibar)
Ministry of Health (Tanzania)
Ministry of Health (Zanzibar)
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
Funders 
Government of Tanzania
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
President's Malaria Initiative (PMI)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)
Hilton Foundation
Irish Aid
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Legal and Human Rights Center (Tanzania)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Publisher 
ICF International
Publication year 
2023
Suggested citation 
Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), ICF International, Ministry of Health (Tanzania), Ministry of Health (Zanzibar), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) (Zanzibar), Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre. Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International, 2023.

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