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Liberia Malaria Indicator Survey 2016

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Liberia (LBR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
09/2016 - 11/2016
Series or system 
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Liberia Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) 2016 is part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey series. The survey provides information on the knowledge and practice of malaria prevention in Liberia. For the 2016 Liberia MIS, 4,290 women ages 15-49 from 4,290 households were successfully interviewed. Additionally, blood tests for 566 were conducted in children under five for the presence of anemia and malaria.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Gestational age, Health care access, Health care prices, Health care use, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Indoor residual spraying, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Jaundice, Land ownership, Languages, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Multiple births, Nonprofits, Pentavalent vaccines, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Rotavirus vaccines, Sanitation, Seizures, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Vaccination cards, Water supply, Yellow fever vaccines, Complete birth history
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023