NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title المسح الديموجرافي Provider Central Department of Statistics and Information (Saudi Arabia)Tabulations only Geography Saudi Arabia (SAU) Coverage type Country Time period covered 04/2016 - 07/2016 Series or system Saudi Arabia Demographic Research Bulletin Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representative Summary The Saudi Arabia Demographic Survey was first conducted in 1998. The 2016 survey was the fourth of the series, and was carried out between the population census of 2010 and 2020. The purpose of the survey was to gather information on population demographics and household characteristics, to inform development planning, fill in between census year data collection, and provide data for estimates and comparisons. Data were collected though household interviews. The questionnaire included the topics of education, marital status, family planning, fertility, mortality, disabilities, tobacco use, assets, and housing and living conditions. The sample size, covering all 13 administrative regions, was approximately 33,350 households. Keywords Assets, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Cooking fuels, Disability, Education, Electricity, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Internet, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mortality, Parental survival, Pesticides, Population, Pregnancy, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Sexual sterilization, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply, Household deaths Citation Contributors Central Department of Statistics and Information (Saudi Arabia) Suggested citation Central Department of Statistics and Information (Saudi Arabia). Saudi Arabia Demographic Survey 2016. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jan 31, 2024