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Sudan Family Health Survey 2006

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Sudan Household Health Survey (SHHS) 2006
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Geography 
Sudan [Historical] (SDN) (South Sudan, Sudan)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2006 - 06/2006
Series or system 
Pan Arab Project for Family Health (PAPFAM)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

A combination MICS 3 - PAPFAM survey, there are two reports for this survey, one focusing on Southern Sudan, but including findings for 25 states, the other covering the whole of Sudan. The survey covered education, water and sanitation, cooking fuel, child health, nutrition, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. For child health, it included breastfeeding, treatment of diarrhea, possible pneumonia and treatment, and immunization: measles, polio, TB, tetanus and DPT3.

Survey microdata for Southern Sudan can be requested directly from the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics via their Data Catalog.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Agriculture, Antenatal care, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Education, Employment, FFQ, Health care access, Health care expenditures, Health care use, Health literacy, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Immunization, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iodine supplements, Iron, Literacy, Livestock, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal care, Maternal morbidity, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Trichuriasis, Verbal autopsy, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023