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Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Kenya (KEN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
12/1988 - 05/1989
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 was part of phase 1 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics.

The North-Eastern province of Kenya and the northern districts of Samburu and Turkana in Rift Valley Province and Isiolo and Marsabit in Eastern Province were not included in this survey. However, the excluded areas accounted for only 5% of the national population.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Sanitation, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Vaccination cards, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022