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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
    Title

    Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16
    Subtitle

    IPUMS Harmonized Subset
    Country
    Name Country code
    Tanzania TZA
    Study type

    Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Woman, Child, Birth, and Household Member

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 5. The datasets contain selected variables from the original microdata plus harmonized variables from the IPUMS-DHS database. It updates version 4.1
    In Version 5 thousands more variables released, bringing total to over 8,000 integrated variables. 123 variables were edited. Household Members available as fourth unit of analysis for all samples except Egypt 1988, Ghana 1988, Kenya 1989, Mali 1987, Sudan 1989, Tunisia 1988, Uganda 1988, and Zimbabwe 1988. Data added for Bangladesh (1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, and 2014), Pakistan (1991, 2006, and 2012), Yemen (2013), Sudan (1989), Tunisia (1988), and the latest data for Ethiopia (2016) and India (2015).

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Access to care Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Adult illness treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Agricultural possessions Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Alcohol Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Antimalaria protection Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Beliefs about FC Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Birth records Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Breastfeeding and infant feeding Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child antenatal care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child antenatal care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child anthropometry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child birth records Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child blood testing Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child delivery care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child delivery care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child demography core Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child feeding, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child health postpartum Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child's breastfeeding Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Child vaccination, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Condom use Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Core demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Daughter's circumcision Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Decision-making Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Diarrhea, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Domestic violence attitudes Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Domestic violence from partner/husband Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    DPT-HB-Hib vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Ever use of family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Female anthropometry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Female blood testing Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Female circumcision general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Fertility Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    First or ever sexual experience Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Foods given to newborns Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Future use of family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General malaria Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General maternal and infant health Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General sources Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General technical Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    General women's healthcare Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Geography, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Healthcare Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Help sought for abuse Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Housing Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Identifiers Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Information on family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Insurance, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Integrated geography Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    IPUMS International geography Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Knowledge of family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Known source for non-users, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Malaria prevention Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Malaria symptoms Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Malaria testing Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Malaria treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Material hardship Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Maternal antenatal care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Maternal delivery care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Measles vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Media exposure Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Mosquito nets Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Nutrition Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    ORS treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Other vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Own circumcision Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Physical abuse from others Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Physical abuse while pregnant Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Pneumococcal vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Polio vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Possessions Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Postpartum care Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Privacy Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Recent sexual experience Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Recent use of family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Rotavirus vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    SES general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Sexual abuse from others Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Single sample geography Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for child antenatal care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for child antenatal care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for maternal antenatal care, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for respiratory treatment, CS Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source for respiratory treatment, general Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Source of information on malaria Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Sterilization Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Survey dates Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Times child fed foods in past 24 hours Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Tobacco Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Toilet and water Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Type of family planning method Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Vitamin A vaccinations Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Wealth index Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Weights and subsample selection Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Why not use family planning Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
    Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

    Coverage

    Universe

    Women age 15-49, Children age 0-4, Births, and All persons in Tanzania 2015

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF
    Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    MICRODATA SOURCE: Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF

    SAMPLE UNIT: Woman
    SAMPLE SIZE: 13,266

    SAMPLE UNIT: Child
    SAMPLE SIZE: 10,233

    SAMPLE UNIT: Birth
    SAMPLE SIZE: 37,169

    SAMPLE UNIT: Household Member
    SAMPLE SIZE: 64,880

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2015-01-01 2016-01-01
    Time periods
    Start date End date
    2015-01-01 2016-01-01

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name
    Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes None
    Access conditions

    Users of IPUMS-DHS data must agree to abide by the access restrictions and terms of use set forth by the DHS Program: https://dhsprogram.com/data/Access-Instructions.cfm
    Citation requirements

    Publications and research reports based on the IPUMS-DHS database must cite it appropriately. The citation should include the following:

    Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Miriam King, and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys: Version 4.1 [dataset]. Minnesota Population Center and ICF International, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18128/D080.V4.1

    Researchers should also acknowledge the originally produced the data: Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF. Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16 [Dataset]. Data Extract from TZIR7H.SAV, TZHR7H.SAV, TZKR7H.SAV, and TZBR7H.SAV. IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS-DHS), version 4.1, Minnesota Population Center and ICF International [Distributors]. http://doi.org/10.18128/D080.V4.0. Accessed from http://idhsdata.org on DATE.

    The licensing agreement for use of IPUMS-DHS data requires that users supply us with the title and full citation for any publications, research reports, or educational materials making use of the data or documentation. Please add your citation to the IPUMS bibliography at http://bibliography.ipums.org/.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
    Copyright

    (c) Copyright , Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF and Minnesota Population Center

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name
    Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF
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