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2019年10月10日 · We added 183 new questions across all health areas, revised existing questions to better measure current indicators, and deleted questions that were no longer programmatically relevant. We have also expanded into new areas, including alcohol consumption and breast and cervical cancer screening.

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The DHS-8 questionnaires include over 100 new questions in the Woman’s Questionnaire, more than 30 new questions in the Man’s Questionnaire, and 14 new questions in the Household Questionnaire. With these additions, roughly 25% of the questions in the Woman’s Questionnaire are new in DHS-8.

This version of the Guide to DHS Statistics written in 2022-23 and is an update for indicators included in a standard DHS-8 survey. This version of the guide was prepared by Trevor Croft with substantial support from Courtney Allen and Blake Zachary.

2024年10月16日 · This “New in DHS-8” series draws attention to new indicators, changes made to existing indicators, and other things DHS Program data users should be aware of when accessing DHS-8 final reports and datasets. The days and weeks following childbirth are the postnatal period, a vulnerable phase in the lives of mothers and newborns.

2024年4月29日 · Vaccination indicators have been updated for DHS-8 surveys based on data needs of countries that implement DHS surveys and to align with a white paper on vaccination coverage measures in household surveys commissioned by the EPI in 2019.

This is the DHS-8 version of the guide which updates the indicator definitions to reflect the changes and additions made to the indicators as part of DHS-8. There are several major changes reflected in this version of the guide, which include:

The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Ideal Gender Breakdown of Children includes a single item from the Women's Questionnaire to ask if there is a particular number of girls, boys, or children in general the respondent wants.

The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Contraceptive Decision-Making includes 2 items from the Women's Questionnaire to assess who makes decisions about whether the female respondent uses contraception and the relative importance of the female respondent’s opinion on the topic.