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Afghanistan Health Survey 2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
AHS 2012
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
08/2012 - 12/2012
Series or system 
Afghanistan Health Survey (AHS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Afghanistan Health Survey conducted in 2012 collected data on maternal and child health, child survival, family planning methods, health expenditures, and health care use. Two questionnaires were used to collect data. The first was a household questionnaire focused on household rosters and on dwellings. The second was a women's questionnaire for all women in a household between the ages of 12 and 49. A total of 552 clusters were sampled successfully, leading to a total of 12,227 households. Furthermore, 14,551 women were successfully interviewed as well as 14,589 children.

Keywords 
Anemia, Antenatal care, Appetite loss, Assets, BCG vaccines, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Child health care, Children, Community health clinics, Contraceptives, Cough, Dental caries, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Education, Family composition, Family size, Fatigue, Fever, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Health status, Hospitals, Immunization, Injuries, Jaundice, Live births, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Measles vaccines, Mental health symptoms, Pain, Paralysis, Pentavalent vaccines, Personal health expenditures, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, School enrollment, Skilled birth attendants, Surgical procedures, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Transportation, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, X-rays
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022