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IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys: Version 12

Year: 2026

Type: dataset

Abstract: The IPUMS-DHS project harmonizes Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data and documentation for low- and middle-income coutnries around the world to facilitate comparative research across time and countries. The DHS are a primary source of information on health and well-being. IPUMS-DHS is designed to facilitate analysis of DHS data across time and space. IPUMS-DHS adds value to the original DHS samples in the following ways: variables are coded consistently across countries and over time; web-based search and discovery tools display variable availability across surveys; documentation is organized on a cross-survey, variable-specific basis; and researchers can merge files and create customized datasets using a web dissemination system, at no cost. IPUMS-DHS includes a wide range of health-related topics for women of childbearing age, the women's births and young children, non-elderly men, and household members of all ages. IPUMS-DHS also includes another unit of analysis, woman-months, which simplifies analyzing retrospective calendar data on births, pregnancies, pregnancy terminations, and contraceptive use.

Source: Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation

DOI: 10.18128/d080.v12

Authors: Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, King, Miriam, Sobek, Matthew

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: United States Agency for International Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

OpenAlex ID: W7128404329

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