NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Egypt (EGY) Coverage type Country Time period covered 04/2014 - 06/2014 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalGPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2014 is part of Round 6 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey series. A total of 21,762 ever married women of reproductive age (15-49) were interviewed from 28,175 households. There were no male respondents for this survey. The 2014 EDHS provides updates to health indicators covered in previous years of the EDHS such as maternal health care access and use, knowledge of health practices for sick children, family planning practices, and immunizations. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child labor, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Dietary fiber, Dietary protein, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Secondhand smoke, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female circumcision, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Fruits and vegetables, Gonococcal infections, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hepatitis vaccines, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Internet, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Length of stay, Summary birth history, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Male infertility, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menopause, Menstruation, Multiple births, Nonprofits, Occupation codes, Occupational risk factors, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, Sanitation, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Zinc Citation Contributors El-Zanaty and Associates Ministry of Health and Population (Egypt) ICF International Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation El-Zanaty and Associates, ICF International, Ministry of Health and Population (Egypt). Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 2014. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023