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Afghanistan Health Survey 2015

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General Info
Provider 
Royal Tropical Institute
Tabulations only
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
07/2015 - 12/2015
Series or system 
Afghanistan Health Survey (AHS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The Afghanistan Health Survey conducted in 2015 collected data on household characteristics, education, health care and expenditures, fertility, and mortality. Two questionnaires were used to collect data. The first was a household questionnaire focusing on household rosters, health care, and economics. The second was a women's questionnaire for all women in households between the ages of 12 and 49.

A total of 1,007 clusters were sampled successfully leading to a total of 23,137 households. Furthermore, 25,317 women and 25,684 children were successfully interviewed.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Appetite loss, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth asphyxia, Blood pressure, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cervix uteri cancer, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Epilepsy, Falls, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Government health expenditures, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injuries, Iron supplements, Live births, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Mental health symptoms, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neonatal conditions, Pain, Pentavalent vaccines, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal pneumonia, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Road traffic injuries, School enrollment, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Transportation, Verbal autopsy, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021