Jamaica Women’s Health Survey 2016

General Info

Original or alternative title

Women’s Health Survey 2016 Jamaica

Provider

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Tabulations only

Geography

Jamaica (JAM)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

January, 2016 - December, 2016

Data type

Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative

Summary

Jamaica Women’s Health Survey 2016 examines the prevalence and nature of violence experienced by women in Jamaica and intimate partner violence. Issues of reproductive health and living conditions are also covered.

Data were collected through household surveys, interviews, and focus group sessions, with a 65.9 percent (1,069 respondents) response rate.

Keywords

Abortion, Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Childhood sexual violence, Contraceptives, Domestic violence, Education, Housing conditions, Injuries, Intimate partner violence, Marital status, Pregnancy, Sanitation, Sexual violence, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tobacco smoking, Water supply

Citation

Primary investigator

Carol Watson Williams

Contributors

Statistical Institute of Jamaica

Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University

Funders

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Publisher

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Publication year

2018

Suggested citation

Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University, Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica Women’s Health Survey 2016. Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2018.