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Ecuador Demographic and Health Survey 1987

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar 1987
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Ecuador (ECU)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1987 - 03/1987
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

Part of phase 1 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Antenatal care, Assets, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child mortality, Clinical breast exams, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cough, Diagnosis, Diarrhea, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, IUDs, Infant mortality, Infrastructure, Injectable contraceptives, Literacy, Live births, Malaria, Male infertility, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Measles, Menstruation, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Pap smears, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Urine tests, Verbal autopsy, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight, Whooping cough
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