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El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey 2015

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta de Hogares de Propositos Multiples 2015
Provider 
General Administration of Statistics and Censuses (El Salvador)
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Geography 
El Salvador (SLV)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2015 - 12/2015
Series or system 
El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of the El Salvador Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) is to gather data on the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households in order to develop indicators to inform programs and services.

The data for the 2015 survey were collected through in-person interviews from January to December. The questionnaire contained the topic areas of education, household expenses, agriculture, employment, living conditions, and health. The sample size for this survey was 23,670 households.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Assets, Child labor, Cooking fuels, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Dietary sugar, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Fish, Food expenditures, Headache, Health care access, Health insurance, Health status, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Injuries, International migration, Internet, Languages, Legumes, Length of stay, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Nonprofits, Nuts, Occupational risk factors, Pain, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Processed foods, Processed meats, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Symptoms, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Vegetables, Violence, Waste disposal, Water supply, Working conditions
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023