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Mauritania Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2020

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Mauritanie Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2019-2020
Geography 
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/2019 - 03/2021
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Mauritania Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2021 is part of phase seven of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. Data collection was conducted in two phases due to interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to common DHS topics, this survey also collected information about domestic violence and female circumcision, maternal mortality, and migration. 11,658 households were surveyed. 

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antihypertensive drugs, Antimalarials, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breast cancer, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases ...  [View more]