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Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Kenya (KEN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/2008 - 02/2009
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 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 is part of phase 5 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. GPS coordinates were collected during the survey.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Childhood sexual violence, Circumcision, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female circumcision, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Height, Hepatitis vaccines, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Indoor residual spraying, Infant mortality, Influenza vaccines, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Night blindness, Obstetric fistulas, Obstructed labor, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Sibling survival, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight, Yellow fever vaccines, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023