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Peru Continuous Demographic and Health Survey 2010

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Peru (PER)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2010 - 12/2010
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Peru Continuous Demographic and Health Survey (Continuous DHS) 2010 is part of DHS6, a nationally representative household survey series. Topics commonly covered in DHS include child and maternal health, family planning, nutrition, health behavior and knowledge, health care access and use, and immunization. DHS also provides data for tracking progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For the 2010 Peru Continuous DHS, 22,947 women age 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 26,812 households.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Aged adults, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Cancers, Child anthropometry, Child health care ...  [View more]
GHDx Entry last modified on: May 8, 2025