Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016

For the 2015-2016 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 24,562 women ages 15-49 and 7,478 men ages 15-54 were successfully interviewed from 26,361 households. In addition to survey questions on demographics and health, biomarkers data were collected in the 2015-2016 Malawi DHS to determine the prevalence of HIV infection in women and men, and anemia in women and children. A sub sample of respondents form the Malawi 2015-2016 DHS were selected to participate in a Micronutrient Survey (MNS) component conducted jointly with the 2015-2016 Malawi DHS. For the MNS component, data were collected for children ages 6 months–14 years, women ages 15-49 and men ages 20-54. Data collected in the MNS subsample included food specimen samples, anthropometry measurements, and blood and urinary specimens to determine the prevalence of infection (malaria and hematuria), vitamin A deficiency, anemia, iron deficiency, inflammation, zinc deficiency, vitamin B12 and folate deficiency, and inherited blood disorders.