NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Peru (PER) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2010 - 12/2010 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys DHS Peru Continuous DHS Data type Survey: GPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The Peru Continuous Demographic and Health Survey (Continuous DHS) 2010 is part of DHS6, a nationally representative household survey series. Topics commonly covered in DHS include child and maternal health, family planning, nutrition, health behavior and knowledge, health care access and use, and immunization. DHS also provides data for tracking progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For the 2010 Peru Continuous DHS, 22,947 women age 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 26,812 households. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Aged adults, Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Cancers, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Education access, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Environmental hazards, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Gestational age, Gonococcal infections, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Hypertriglyceridemia, Hysterectomy, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Influenza vaccines, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Injuries, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Ischemic heart disease, Land ownership, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Needle sharing, Night blindness, Nonprofits, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Rotavirus vaccines, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Secondhand smoke, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Upper respiratory infections, Urinary diseases, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Yellow fever vaccines, Zinc Citation Contributors National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Peru) Funders ORC Macro United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Peru). Peru Continuous Demographic and Health Survey 2010. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: May 24, 2024