Survey ID Number
RWA_2019_DHS_v01_M
Title
Demographic and Health Survey 2019-2020
Notes
The 2019-20 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey covered the following topics:
HOUSEHOLD
• Identification
• Usual members and visitors in the selected households
• Background information on each person listed, such as relationship to head of the household, age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, birth registration, survivorship and residence of biological parents, insurance, and disability.
• Characteristics of the household's dwelling unit, such as the source of water, type of toilet facilities, type of fuel used for cooking, number of rooms, ownership of livestock, possessions of durable goods, mosquito nets, and main material for the floor, roof and walls of the dwelling.
INDIVIDUAL WOMAN
• Identification
• Background characteristics (including age, education, and media exposure)
• Birth history and child mortality
• Knowledge, use, and source of family planning methods
• Antenatal, delivery, and postnatal care
• Vaccinations and childhood illnesses
• Breastfeeding and infant feeding practices
• Women’s minimum dietary diversity
• Marriage and sexual activity
• Fertility preferences (including desire for more children and ideal number of children)
• Women’s work and husbands’ background characteristics
• Knowledge, awareness, and behavior regarding HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to other health issues (e.g., smoking)
• Early childhood development
• Adult and maternal mortality
• Domestic violence
MAN
• Identification
• Background characteristics
• Reproduction
• Contraception
• Marriage and sexual activity
• Fertility preferences
• Employment and gender roles
• HIV/AIDS
• Other health issues
BIOMARKER
• Identification
• Weight, height and hemoglobin, and malaria testing for children age 0-5 (Capillary blood)
• Weight, height, hemoglobin measurement, and malaria and HIV testing for women age 15-49 (Capillary blood)
• HIV testing for men age 15-59
• Micronutrient, weight, height, hemoglobin, and malaria testing for children age 0-5 (Venous blood)
• Micronutrient, weight, height, hemoglobin, and malaria testing for women age 15-49 (Venous blood)
FIELDWORKER
• Background information on each fieldworkers