{"doc_desc":{"title":"afr-dhsp-dhs-1986-2024-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"prod_date":"2024-12-01","version_statement":{"version":"Version 2"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"afr-dhsp-dhs-1986-2024-v1","title":"Demographic and Health Program African Data 1986-2024","alt_title":"DHSP 1986-"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"DHS Program","affiliation":""},{"name":"African Governments","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"US Agency for International Development","abbreviation":"USAID","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"www.support.data1st.org"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Demographic and Health Survey"},"study_info":{"abstract":"The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program is a USAID funded program that supports governments with their demographic and health data surveys and makes the data available on their website. Demographic and health data for 46 African countries https:\/\/www.dhsprogram.com\/Countries\/Country-List.cfm is available from the DHS site. Researchers can register their projects with the Program on the site to obtain access to this data https:\/\/www.dhsprogram.com\/data\/new-user-registration.cfm Reports for each survey round are also available from the site https:\/\/www.dhsprogram.com\/publications\/index.cfm","coll_dates":[{"start":"1986","end":"2024","cycle":"First to latest DHS rounds"}],"nation":[{"name":"Africa","abbreviation":"afr"}],"analysis_unit":"Households and individuals","data_kind":"Survey data","notes":"The DHS Surveys collect data on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, gender, HIV\/AIDS, malaria, and nutrition."},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DHS Program","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"https:\/\/www.dhsprogram.com\/data\/available-datasets.cfm"}],"conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}