DHS 2007
Subject
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 2007) is a nationally representative household survey that provides data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators on population, health, and nutrition in the DRC.
Coverage
This survey was implemented from January 2007 to August 2007 and covered a sample size of 8,886 households
Author
The National Institute of Statistics (INS) under the direction of the Ministry of Planning. All relevant information including direct report on this survey can be found on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) page.
Access
You can access all dataset pertaining to the DHS 2007 survey in SPSS and Stata format, including relevant supporting documents by clicking here. For a descriptive details on the content of the metadata, please open the 'READ ME' file under the Metadata folder.
DHS 2013
Subject
The second Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 2013) is a nationally representative household surveys that provide data on monitoring the population and health situation in the DRC. It provides reliable data on: fertility; sexual activity; fertility preferences; knowledge and use of family planning; breastfeeding; the nutritional status of women and children under age five; childhood mortality; adult mortality (including maternal mortality); maternal and child health; HIV/AIDS and STI knowledge, and the use of mosquito nets to prevent malaria. The survey also included testing for HIV, anemia and malaria.
Coverage
It was implemented from August 2013 to February 2014 and covered a sample size of 18,171 households.
Author
The National Institute of Statistics(INS) under the direction of the Ministry of Planning
Access
All relevant information including direct report on this survey can be found on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) page. All dataset pertaining to the DHS 2013 survey in SPSS and Stata format including relevant supporting documents are accessible here.