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Features
GPS/georeferenced
GPS/georeferenced Surveys with latitude and longitude coordinates for survey clusters. Note that cluster coordinates are randomly displaced to protect the privacy of respondents. |
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HIV behavior
HIV behavior Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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HIV knowledge
HIV knowledge Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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Iodine salt test
Iodine salt test Household salt tested for the presence of iodine. |
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Malaria questions
Malaria questions Questions asking women about anti-malarial medication received during pregnancy and anti-malarial medication given to young children, as well as questions asking household respondents about household mosquito net ownership and use. |
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Men's survey
Men's survey Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents. |
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Paper survey
Paper survey Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office. |
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Biomarkers
Anthropometry
Anthropometry description not available |
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Modules
Female genital cutting
Female genital cutting A set of questions asking women about their experience of female genital cutting, also known as female circumcision or female genital mutilation. Questions are also asked about the woman's daughters age 14 and younger. |
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Maternal mortality
Maternal mortality A set of questions asking about all siblings of the respondent (children born to the respondent's biological mother) concerning their sex, age, survival status, and whether the death was pregnancy-related. Questions are used to estimate maternal mortality, pregnancy-related mortality, and adult mortality. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men as well. |
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Service availability
Service availability A survey of communities and the services available in those communities, mostly used in earlier surveys up until about 2006. Not part of the household or individual questionnaires. |
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