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Tanzania AIDS Indicator Survey 2011-2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
2011-12 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey (THMIS)
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
12/2011 - 05/2012
Series or system 
DHS AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • De facto
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The 2011-2012 Tanzania AIS was conducted as part of Phase 6 of the DHS series. The total household sample size included 10,040 households. A total of 10,967 women ages 15-49 years and 8,352 men ages 15-59 years were included in the sample.

This survey covers both mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Blood samples for HIV and malaria testing were taken from consenting male and female participants. Children ages 6-59 months were also tested for anemia and malaria.

Two questionnaires were used, one for households and one for individuals. The questions were based on Measure DHS AIDS Indicators Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Birth certificates, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Circumcision, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Cooking fuels, Disability, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Food security, Gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Indoor residual spraying, Infant mortality, Injections, Jaundice, Land ownership, Lighting, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Marital status, Mass media, Mortality, Multiple births, Needle sharing, Nonprofits, Occupation codes, Occupations, PMTCT, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Transportation, VCT, Vomiting, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 22, 2024