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WP141 Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior Among the Youth in Malawi (English) 06/2018 Yes  
WP140 The Effect of Internal Migration on the Use of Reproductive and Maternal Health Services in Nepal (English) 06/2018 Yes  
WP139 The Association Between Women's Empowerment and Uptake of Child Health Services: A Demographic and Health Survey-Based Synthesis (English) 06/2018 Yes  
WP138 Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need among Currently Married Women in Afghanistan: Further Analysis of the 2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey (English) 06/2018 Yes  
WP137 Facility Delivery and Postnatal Care Services Use among Mothers Who Attended Four or More Antenatal Care Visits in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 06/2018 Yes Yes
WP136 Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children Age 6-23 Months in Myanmar: Further Analysis of the 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 06/2018 Yes  
WP142 Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to Assess Changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life Intervention Districts (English) 05/2018 Yes Yes
WP135 Household and Community Risk Factors and Child Well-Being in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (English) 02/2018 Yes Yes
WP134 Knowledge about HIV and Discriminatory Attitudes toward People Living with HIV in Pakistan (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP133 Continuum of Maternal Health Care and the Use of Postpartum Family Planning in Nepal (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP132 Changes in Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Egypt: Analysis of the 2008 and 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP131 Low Birth Weight of Institutional Births in Cambodia: Analysis of the 2010 and 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP130 Ten Years of Traditional Contraceptive Method Use in the Philippines: Continuity and Change (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP129 Women's Empowerment and the Use of Antenatal Care Services in Southeast Asian Countries (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP128 Current Pregnancy and Fertility (English) 07/2017 Yes Yes
WP127 Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Educated Malawians: Analysis of the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2016 Yes Yes
WP126 Factors Associated with Stunting in Children under Age 2 in the Cambodia and Kenya 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 08/2016 Yes Yes
WP125 Male Circumcision and HIV in Lesotho: Is the Relationship Real or Spurious? Analysis of the 2009 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2016 Yes Yes
WP124 An Assessment of Contraceptive Use by Marriage Type among Sexually Active Men in Nigeria: Analysis of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 07/2016 Yes Yes
WP123 Factors Associated with Postnatal Care for Newborns in Zambia: Analysis of the 2013-14 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 07/2016 Yes Yes
WP122 HIV/AIDS and Unmet Need for Family Planning (English) 10/2015 Yes  
WP121 Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Zambia: Sociodemgraphic Determinants and Association with Use of Maternal Health Care (English) 09/2015 Yes Yes
WP120 Contextual Factors Influencing Modern Contraceptive Use in Nigeria (English) 09/2015 Yes Yes
WP119 Factors Associated with Changes in Uptake of HIV Testing among Young Women (age 15-24) in Tanzania from 2003 to 2012 (English) 09/2015 Yes Yes
WP118 Predictors of Time to Contraceptive Use from Resumption of Sexual Intercourse after Birth among Women in Uganda (English) 09/2015 Yes Yes
WP117 Gender Relations, Sexual Behaviour, and Risk of Contracting Sexually Transmitted Infections among Women in Union in Uganda (English) 08/2015 Yes Yes
WP116 Global Trends in Care Seeking and Access to Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Illnesses (English) 03/2015 Yes  
WP115 Obesity and Related Factors among Jordanian Women of Reproductive Age Based on Three DHS Surveys, 2002-2012 (English) 09/2014 Yes Yes
WP114 Influence of Service Readiness on Use of Facility Delivery Care: A Study Linking Health Facility Data and Population Data in Haiti (English) 09/2014 Yes Yes
WP106 Intimate Partner Violence and Empowerment among Women in Tanzania: Prevalence and Effects on Utilization of Reproductive and Maternal Health Services (English) 09/2014 Yes Yes
WP105 HIV Knowledge and Risky Sexual Behavior among Men in Rwanda (English) 09/2014 Yes Yes
WP113 Unintended Births and HIV in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP112 Predictors of IPTp Uptake among Pregnant Women in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP111 Changes in HIV Prevalence among Men and Women between the 2005-06 and 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP110 Factors Associated with HIV Testing in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP109 Maternal Iron and Vitamin A Supplementation and the Nutritional Status of Children in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP108 Spousal Gender-Based Violence and Women's Empowerment in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP107 Knowledge of HIV Status at ANC and Utilization of Maternal Health Services in the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP104 Individual and Community-Level Predictors of Home Delivery in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Mixed-Effects Analysis of the 2011 Ethiopia National Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP103 Trends and Determinants of Contraceptive Use among Young Married Women (Age 15-24) Based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis (English) 08/2014 Yes Yes
WP102 Male Circumcision and Risky Sexual Behavior in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2010-11 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 09/2013 Yes Yes
WP101 The Role of Women's Empowerment in Influencing HIV Testing (English) 09/2013 Yes Yes
WP99 Relationship between Women's Socioeconomic Status and Empowerment in Burkina Faso: A Focus on Participation in Decision-Making and Experience of Domestic Violence (English) 08/2013 Yes Yes
WP98 Household Nucleation, Dependency and Child Health Outcomes in Ghana (English) 08/2013 Yes Yes
WP100 Male Circumcision, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Status in Uganda (English) 08/2013 Yes Yes
WP97 Maternal Health Care Trends in Afghanistan (English) 07/2013 Yes Yes
WP96 The Effect of Birth Intervals on Causes of Under-Five Mortality in Afghanistan (English) 07/2013 Yes Yes
WP95 Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use among Young Women in Comparison with Older Women in Uganda (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP94 Measuring the Success of Family Planning Initiatives in Rwanda: A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP93 Male Involvement in Maternal Health Care as a Determinant of Utilization of Skilled Birth Attendants in Kenya (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP92 Influence of Use of Maternal Health Care on Postpartum Contraception in Nigeria (English) 02/2013 Yes  
WP91 Women's Autonomy and Reproductive Healthcare-Seeking Behavior in Ethiopia (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP90 Differentials of Early Teenage Pregnancy in Ethiopia, 2000, and 2005 (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP89 Trends and Determinants of Malnutrition among Children Age 0-59 Months in Kenya (KDHS 1993, 2003 and 2008-09) (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP88 Poverty and Risky Sexual Behaviours: Evidence from Tanzania (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP87 Trends and Correlates of Contraceptive Use among Married Women in Malawi: Evidence from 2000-2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP86 The Role of Antenatal Care in Predicting Health Facility Delivery among Women in Kenya: Further Analysis of Data from the 2008-09 KDHS (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP85 HIV Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors: Analysis of Change over Time in Mainland Tanzania (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP84 The Impact of Maternal Education on Child Nutrition: Evidence from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP83 Levels and Determinants of Use of Institutional Delivery Care Services among Women of Childbearing Age in Ethiopia: Analysis of EDHS 2000 and 2005 Data (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP82 Fertility Transition and Its Determinants in Kenya: 2003-2008/9 (English) 02/2013 Yes Yes
WP81 Validity of Data on Self-reported HIV Status and Implications for Measurement of ARV Coverage in Malawi (English) 11/2012 Yes Yes
WP80 Women's Empowerment and Achievement of Desired Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 12/2010 Yes Yes
WP79 Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy in Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine (English) 12/2010 Yes Yes
WP78 Does It Really Matter Where You Live? A Multilevel Analysis of Social Disorganization and Risky Sexual Behaviours in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 12/2010 Yes Yes
WP77 Undernutrition among Women in Ethiopia (English) 11/2010 Yes Yes
WP76 Private Delivery Care in Developing Countries: Trends and Determinants (English) 10/2010 Yes Yes
WP75 Changes in Adolescent Childbearing in Morocco, Egypt and Turkey (English) 10/2010 Yes Yes
WP74 Household Environmental Health Hazards and Child Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 10/2010 Yes Yes
WP73 Individual and Community-level Effects on Child Mortality: An Analysis of 28 Demographic and Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 09/2010 Yes Yes
WP72 Health Facility Characteristics Affecting the Early Adoption of Malaria Rapid Tests in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda (English) 09/2010 Yes Yes
WP71 The Use of Withdrawal among Birth Limiters in Iran and Turkey (English) 09/2010 Yes Yes
WP70 New Multivariate Methodology for Assessing the Effect of Child Mortality on the Total Fertility Rate and its Components (English) 09/2010 Yes Yes
WP69 The Changing Relationship between Household Wealth and Child Survival in India (English) 09/2010 Yes Yes
WP68 A Re-examination of Recent Fertility Declines in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 09/2010 Yes  
WPZ7 Biological, Social and Environmental Determinants of Low Birth Weight and Stunting among Infants and Young Children in Zimbabwe (English) 02/2010 Yes  
WPZ6 Trends in Unmet Need and the Demand for Family Planning in Zimbabwe (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WPZ5 Trends in the Burden of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zimbabwe: Evidence from National Household Surveys, 1994-2006 (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WPZ4 The Association between Violence against Women and HIV: Evidence from a National Population-Based Survey in Zimbabwe (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WPZ3 Risk-Taking Behaviors of HIV-Positive Adults in Zimbabwe: Opportunities for Prevention with the Positives (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WPZ2 An Evaluation of the 2005-06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey HIV Prevalence Estimates for Potential Bias Due to Non-Response and Exclusion of Non-Household Population (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WPZ1 Comparison of HIV Prevalence Estimates for Zimbabwe from National Antenatal Clinic Surveillance (2006) and the 2005-06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (English) 02/2010 Yes  
WP67 Utilization of HIV-Related Services from the Private Health Sector: A Multi-Country Analysis (English) 02/2010 Yes Yes
WP66 Where the Standard Makes the Difference in the Real World of Malnutrition: Analysis of 10 Countries with DHS Data (English) 09/2009 Yes Yes
WP65 Effects of Obesity on the Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan: Evidence from a Population-Based Health Examination Survey (English) 09/2009 Yes Yes
WP64 Spousal Communication About HIV Prevention in Kenya (English) 08/2009 Yes Yes
WP63 A Closer Examination of the HIV/Fertility Linkage (English) 05/2009 Yes Yes
WP62 Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV Infection: Evidence from National Population-Based Surveys (English) 03/2009 Yes Yes
WPK4 Assessment of Family Planning Services in Kenya: Evidence from the 2004 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey (English) 01/2009 Yes Yes
WPK3 Influence of Provider Training on Quality of Emergency Obstetric Care in Kenya (English) 01/2009 Yes Yes
WPK2 Child Health Services in Kenya (English) 01/2009 Yes Yes
WPK1 Decentralizing Kenya's Health Management System: An Evaluation (English) 01/2009 Yes Yes
WP61 The Role of Partner Reduction and Faithfulness in HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe (English) 01/2009 Yes Yes
WP60 The DHS Wealth Index: Approaches for Rural and Urban Areas (English) 10/2008 Yes Yes
WP59 Factors Affecting Maternal Health Care Seeking Behavior in Rwanda (English) 10/2008 Yes Yes
WP42 The Association between Medical Injections and Prevalent HIV Infection: Evidence from a National Sero-Survey in Uganda (English) 10/2008 Yes Yes
WP58 Who Uses Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets? A Comparison of Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 09/2008 Yes  
WP41 Further Evidence of the Effects of Preceding Birth Intervals on Neonatal, Infant, and Under-Five-Years Mortality and Nutritional Status in Developing Countries (English) 09/2008 Yes Yes
WP45 Fertility Behavior in Armenia and Moldova: The Decline during the Post-Soviet Transition and Current Preferences (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP43 What's in the Gap? Factors Associated with the Interval Between Age at First Sex and Age at First Marriage in Cameroon and Their Implications for Reproductive Health and Women's Empowerment (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP57 Child Stunting Across Schooling and Fertility Transitions: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP56 Trends and Determinants of Unmet Need for Family Planning in Kenya (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP55 Association Between Maternal Birth, and Newborn Characteristics and Neonatal Mortality in Five Asian Countries (English) 08/2008 Yes  
WP54 The Differential Impact of Wives' and Husbands' Education on Contraceptive Method Choice in Nepal, 1996-2006 (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP53 Determinants of Induced Abortion and its Consequences on Women's Reproductive Health: Findings from India's National Family Health Surveys (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP52 Marriage Age and Fertility Dynamics in India (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP51 Guatemalan Regional Fertility Patterns 1987-2002 (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP50 Individual- and Community-level Determinants of Social Acceptance of People Living with HIV in Kenya: Results from a National Population-based Survey (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP49 AIDS Stigma and Uptake of HIV Testing in Zimbabwe (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP48 Trends and Determinants of Adolescent Childbearing in Bangladesh (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP47 Comparison of HIV Prevalence Estimates from Antenatal Care Surveillance and Population-Based Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP46 Care and Support for Chronically Ill People in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire: Evidence from National Household Surveys (English) 08/2008 Yes Yes
WP44 Cross-National Variation in Attitudinal Measures of Gender Preference for Children: An Examination of Demographic and Health Surveys from 40 Countries (English) 07/2008 Yes Yes
WP34 Men's Condom Use in Higher-Risk Sex: Trends and Determinants in Five Sub-Saharan Countries (English) 04/2008 Yes Yes
WP40 The Effect of Family Size and Composition on Fertility Desires, Contraceptive Adoption, and Method Choice in South Asia (English) 03/2008 Yes  
WP39 Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: The Production of a Total (English) 03/2008 Yes Yes
WP38 Internal Migration and the Use of Reproductive and Child Health Services in Peru (English) 11/2007 Yes Yes
WP37 The Impact of Conflict on Age at Marriage and Childbirth in Rwanda (English) 11/2007 Yes Yes
WP36 Trends in Primary and Secondary Abstinence among Kenyan Youth (English) 11/2007 Yes Yes
WP35 Spousal Agreement on Waiting Time to Next Birth in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 11/2007 Yes Yes
WP33 HIV Status and Age at First Marriage among Women in Cameroon (English) 03/2007 Yes Yes
WP32 Desire for Children and Unmet Need for Contraception among HIV-Positive Women in Lesotho (English) 03/2007 Yes Yes
WP31 A study of the association of HIV infection with wealth in sub-Saharan Africa (English) 01/2007 Yes Yes
WP27 Spatial Modeling of HIV Prevalence in Kenya (English) 01/2007 Yes Yes
WP30 Optimal Sample Sizes for Two-stage Cluster Sampling in Demographic and Health Surveys (English) 07/2006 Yes Yes
WP29 Does biofuel smoke contribute to anemia and stunting in early childhood? (English) 03/2006 Yes  
WP28 The Effect of Antenatal Care on Professional Assistance at Delivery in Rural India (English) 03/2006 Yes Yes
WP26 Under-five Mortality Trends in Africa: Reconstruction from Demographic Sample Surveys (English) 09/2005 Yes Yes
WP25 Epidemiology of Obesity and Hypertension in Uzbekistan (English) 08/2005 Yes Yes
WP24 Education and Nutritional Status of Orphans and Children of HIV-Infected Parents in Kenya (English) 08/2005 Yes  
WP23 Reproductive Behavior in Muslim Countries (English) 10/1997 Yes Yes
WP22 Informed Respondent Approach to Data Collection: An Experimental Study in Nepal (English) 02/1997 Yes  
WP21 Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Bangladesh (English) 10/1996 Yes  
WP20 Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Indonesia (English) 06/1996 Yes Yes
WP19 Accuracy of DHS-II Demographic Data: Gains and Losses in Comparison with Earlier Surveys (English) 06/1996 Yes Yes
WP18 Contraceptive Discontinuation, Failure, and Switching Behavior in the Philippines (English) 04/1996 Yes Yes
WP17 Mortalidad Infantil y Educación Materna en República Dominicana: Décadas de los 70 y los 80 (Spanish) 06/1995 Yes Yes
WP16 Nuptiality Patterns, Sexual Activity and Fertility in Nigeria (English) 12/1994 Yes  
WP13 Características Socioeconómicas y Culturales de las Mujeres con Necesidad Insatisfecha en Anticoncepción y su Relación con los Diferenciales de la Fecundidad (Spanish) 09/1994 Yes Yes
WP15 Marital Fertility in Brazil: Differential by Type of Union and its Importance in the Fertility Transition, 1976-1991 (English) 08/1994 Yes Yes
WP14 Community Characteristics, Individual Attributes, and Child Survival in Brazil (English) 08/1994 Yes Yes
WP12 Social Strata and its Influence on the Determinants of Reproductive Behavior in Bolivia (English) 05/1994 Yes Yes
WP10 Women's Education and Fertility in Latin America: Exploring the Significance of Education for Women's Lives (English) 05/1994 Yes Yes
WP11 The Role of Mass Media in Family Planning Promotion in Nigeria (English) 04/1994 Yes  
WP8 Rural-to-Urban Migration in Bolivia and Peru: Association with Child Mortality, Breastfeeding Cessation, Maternal Care, and Contraception (English) 03/1994 Yes Yes
WP9 Residential Mobility and Contraceptive Use in Northeastern Brazil (English) 02/1994 Yes Yes
WP7 Ideal Family Size: A Comparative Study of Numerical and Non-numerical Fertility Desires of Women in Two sub-Saharan African Countries (English) 12/1993 Yes  
WP6 Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Migrant Fertility in Senegal (English) 12/1993 Yes  
WP5 Sexual Initiation and Premarital Childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa (English) 08/1993 Yes Yes
WP4 The Mass Media and Family Planning in Kenya (English) 08/1993 Yes Yes
WP3 Age and Birth Data Reporting in Thailand: Evidence from the 1987 Demographic and Health Survey (English) 08/1993 Yes Yes
WP2 The Relationship of Service Availability to Contraceptive Use in Rural Guatemala (English) 10/1991 Yes Yes
WP1 Maternal Education, Use of Health Services, and Child Survival: An Analysis of Data from the Bolivia DHS Survey (English) 12/1990 Yes  
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