NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Philippines (PHL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2008 - 12/2008 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: GPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representative Summary The Philippines Demographic and Health Survey 2008 is part of phase five of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Topics typically covered include population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Causes of death, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Edema, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Gastritis and duodenitis, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, IUDs, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Length of stay, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Night blindness, Nutrition, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, STDs, Sanitation, Seizures, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Stillbirths, Suicide, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Upper respiratory infections, VCT, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Zinc Citation Contributors Macro International, Inc National Statistics Office (Philippines) Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Publisher ICF International Publication year 2010 Suggested citation Macro International, Inc, National Statistics Office (Philippines). Philippines Demographic and Health Survey 2008. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International, 2010. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023