NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Eritrea (ERI) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2002 - 07/2002 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: GPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representative Summary The Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2002 is part of phase 4 of the DHS series; a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Topics covered in the Eritrea DHS 2002 include population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. 8,754 women ages 15-49 were interviewed from 9,389 households. No men were interviewed for this survey. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antimalarials, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Calcium, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dairy products, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Dietary protein, Domestic migration, Drug consumption, Education, Education access, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female circumcision, Female infertility, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Health care access, Health care prices, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Legumes, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal conditions, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Meat, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Night blindness, Nuts, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Reproductive health, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Starchy vegetables, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Urine tests, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight Citation Contributors Macro International, Inc National Statistics and Evaluation Office (Eritrea) Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ministry of Health (Eritrea) John Snow, Inc. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation Macro International, Inc, National Statistics and Evaluation Office (Eritrea). Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey 2002. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023