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Syria Maternal and Child Health Survey 1993

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General Info
Geography 
Syrian Arab Republic (SYR)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
06/1993 - 08/1993
Series or system 
Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD)
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
Summary 

The Syria Maternal and Child Health Survey, which was conducted as part of the PAPCHILD project, was a nationally representative survey covering 19,971 households, 4,814 ever-married women, ages 15-54, and 4,356 children under 5. Anthropometric measurements were taken for 3,903 children under 5. Topics included fertility preferences and contraceptive use, breastfeeding and other food given to children, immunization, and demographic characteristics.

A preliminary report may be available through the library system. An article summarizing the results, published in 1994 in Studies in Family Planning, is available online through JSTOR.

Keywords 
BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Education, Family planning, Female infertility, Fertility, Health care use, Height, Household deaths, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Summary birth history, Literacy, Malnutrition, Marital status, Maternal age, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Traditional birth control, Vaccination cards, Weight, Trichuriasis, Hookworm disease, Ascariasis, Male infertility, Sanitation, Water supply, Stillbirths
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022