Download or read book An Assessment of Age and Date Reporting in the DHS Surveys 1985 2003 written by Thomas W. Pullum and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Assessment of the Quality and Consistency of Age and Date Reporting in DHS Surveys 2000 2015 written by Thomas W. Pullum and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses the quality and consistency of age and date reports in DHS surveys conducted since 2000 in 67 countries. It is the most recent of several reports on various aspects of DHS data quality. The first chapter describes the steps of editing and imputing during fieldwork and data processing. Great care is taken to train and supervise the interviewers to obtain the best possible estimates of ages and dates. The eligibility of adults for the surveys of women and men depends on obtaining accurate values of age near the lower and upper age boundaries within the household survey. The eligibility of young children for the detailed health questions depends on obtaining accurate estimates of when they were born within the surveys of women. Age-specific fertility rates, under-five mortality rates, immunization rates, anthropometry scores, and many other DHS indicators depend on accurate estimates of age. An appendix provides an inventory of all the locations in DHS surveys where the respondents are asked for ages and dates. This assessment focuses on just a few of those locations: the ages of all household members, provided by the household respondent during the household survey; the self-reported ages and birthdates of women and men in the surveys of women and men; women’s self-reports of age and date of first union in the survey of women; the birthdates (and ages, if living) of children in the birth histories, provided by the mother; and the women’s and men’s estimates of their respective spouses’ ages in the surveys of women and men. The second chapter assesses the ages listed above, other than spousal estimates, in terms of three types of measures: incompleteness, heaping, and transfers. A total of 11 indicators are used. For each indicator, the distribution across all surveys is described and the surveys with the most extreme levels are identified. All of these measures vary substantially. There are many surveys with values close to zero on all measures, and others with very high values. There are some surveys in which month of birth is hardly ever given. Age/date transfers are sometimes large but in a direction opposite to what we would expect, particularly around age 15 or around the date for the health questions, clearly as a result of over-correction during training and supervision. Surveys with extreme values are listed. Summary indices of incompleteness, heaping, and transfers are constructed and tracked over time. The indicators fluctuated substantially from 2000 to 2015 and did not show a systematic trend. A single composite index is constructed for each of the 67 countries. The countries in the highest quintile (with the most problems) and the lowest quintile (with the fewest problems) are identified. The third chapter investigates the quality and consistency of spousal age estimates compared to self-reports in the surveys that included interviews of men and where women and/or men were asked to estimate the age of their spouse(s). In the absence of an age gap between spouses, women tend to estimate that their husbands are older than their self-reported age and men tend to estimate that their wives are younger than their self-reported age. Evidence indicates that where there is an age difference between spouses, women tend to estimate in a way that reduces the gap: they underestimate the age of older husbands and overestimate the age of younger husbands. Men underestimate the age of wives who are older than they are, which reduces the gap, but they also tend to underestimate the age of wives who are younger, which increases the gap. In the vast majority of countries, there was more heaping for estimates of spouse’s age than for self-reported age. There is evidence that displacement and heaping, in particular, can be reduced, through training and supervision, but there is also evidence that too much focus on displacement of children or on heaping at final digit 0 can lead to over-correction. The biggest determinant of good age reporting is probably the value, to the respondents, in everyday life, of knowing their ages or the ages of their children. This component of data quality varies from one setting to another and is outside the control of a survey operation.
Download or read book Misreporting month of birth Implications for nutrition research written by Larsen, Anna Folke and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Height-for-age z-scores (HAZs) and stunting status (HAZ<−2) are widely used to measure child nutrition and population health. However, accurate measurement of age is nontrivial in populations with low levels of literacy and numeracy, limited use of formal birth records, and weak cultural norms surrounding birthdays and calendar use. In this paper we use Demographic and Health Surveys data from 62 countries over the period 1990–2014 to describe two statistical artifacts indicative of misreporting of age. The first artifact consists of lower HAZs for children reported to be born earlier in each calendar year (resulting in implausibly large HAZ gaps between January- and December-born children), which is consistent with some degree of randomness in month of birth reporting. The second artifact consists of lower HAZs for children with a reported age just below a round age (and hence implausibly large HAZ gaps between children with reported ages just below and just above round ages), which is consistent with survey respondents rounding ages down more than they round ages up. Using simulations, we show how these forms of misreporting child age can replicate observed patterns in the data, and that they have small impacts on estimated rates of stunting but important implications for research that relies on birth timing to identify exposure to various risks, particularly seasonal shocks. Moreover, the misreporting we identify differs from conventional age-heaping concerns, implying that the metrics described above could constitute useful markers of measurement error in nutrition surveys. Future research should also investigate ways to reduce these errors.
Download or read book India Population Report written by K. S. James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies various aspects of population in India providing a holistic narrative of the current scenario and future implications.
Download or read book International Handbook of Population Policies written by John F. May and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts’ essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. The book examines the theoretical foundations, the historical and empirical evidence for policy formation, the policy levers and modelling, as well as the new policy challenges. The section Theoretical Foundations reviews population issues today, population theories, the population policies’ framework as well as the linkages between population, development, health, food systems, and the environment. The next section Empirical Evidence discusses international approaches to design and implement population policies on a regional level. The section Policy Levers and Modelling reviews the tools and the policy levers that are available to design, implement, monitor, and measure the impact of population policies. Finally, the section New Policy Challenges examines the recurrent and emerging issues in population policies. This section also discusses prospects for demographic sustainability as well as future considerations for population policies. As such this Handbook provides an important and structured examination of contemporary population policies, their evolution, and their prospects.
Download or read book Africa s Population In Search of a Demographic Dividend written by Hans Groth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the promises as well as the challenges the demographic dividend brings to sub-Saharan Africa as fertility rates in the region fall and the labor force grows. It offers a detailed analysis of what conditions must be met in order for the region to take full economic advantage of ongoing population dynamics. As the book makes clear, the region will need to accelerate reforms to cope with its demographic transition, in particular the decline of fertility. The continent will need to foster human capital formation through renewed efforts in the areas of education, health and employment. This will entail a true vision and determination on the part of African leaders and their development partners. The book will help readers to gain solid knowledge of the demographic trends and provide insights into socioeconomic policies that eventually might lead sub-Saharan Africa into a successful future.
Download or read book Disease and Mortality in Sub Saharan Africa written by Dean T. Jamison and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of the gains made, not just for communicable disorders, but for cancers, as well as mental and neurological disorders.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of African Demography written by Clifford O. Odimegwu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 1085 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of African population dynamics, variations, causes and consequences, demonstrating the real-world applications of research in policies and programmes. African demography has come of age. Over 50 years, the discipline has grown exponentially in the number of training and research institutions, specialist experts and academic output, all with an aim of addressing the enormous demographic challenges faced by the continent. The book draws on old and emerging analytical tools to explore the relationships between population dynamics and social, economic, cultural and political environments from African perspectives. Key topics include fertility, sexual behaviours, healthcare, ageing, mortality, migration, displacement, the causes and consequences of demographic changes and teaching and research developments in African demography. The Routledge Handbook of African Demography will be an essential resource for students and researchers of African demography, sociology, development and cultural studies.
Download or read book Interviewer s Manual written by University of Michigan. Survey Research Center and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ralentissements r sistances et ruptures dans les transitions d mographiques written by Dominique Tabutin and published by Presses universitaires de Louvain. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En matière de démographie, bien des pays ont un chemin assez classique. Mais d'autres ont connu une histoire plus mouvementée : des résistances profondes au changement, des ralentissements dans les progrès en matière de fécondité, de nuptialité ou de mort
Download or read book The World s Women 2005 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colourful and illustrative chart presents selected statistics and indicators published in the annex of The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics. The table includes, in addition to official data reported by countries or areas, estimates prepared by the United Nations and other international agencies.
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 2 written by Robert Black and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth, and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 3 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: 1. There is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, nonsexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. 2. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. 3. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups; investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.
Download or read book Development in an Ageing World written by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greater longevity is an indicator of human progress in general. Increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates are changing the population structure worldwide in a major way: the proportion of older persons is rapidly increasing, a process known as population ageing. The process is inevitable and is already advanced in developed countries and progressing quite rapidly in developing ones. The 2007 Survey analyses the implications of population ageing for social and economic development around the world, while recognising that it offers both challenges and opportunities. Among the most pressing issues is that arising from the prospect of a smaller labour force having to support an increasingly larger older population. Paralleling increased longevity are the changes in intergenerational relationships that may affect the provision of care and income security for older persons, particularly in developing countries where family transfers play a major role. At the same time, it is also necessary for societies to fully recognise and better harness the productive and social contributions that older persons can make but are in many instances prevented from making. The Survey argues that the challenges are not insurmountable, but that societies everywhere need to put in place the policies required to confront those challenges effectively and to ensure an adequate standard of living for each of their members, while respecting and promoting the contribution and participation of all.
Download or read book Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards Supporting Documentation written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.
Download or read book Oral Health in America written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health written by National Survey on Drug Use and Health (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The NSA Report written by President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, The and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official report that has shaped the international debate about NSA surveillance "We cannot discount the risk, in light of the lessons of our own history, that at some point in the future, high-level government officials will decide that this massive database of extraordinarily sensitive private information is there for the plucking. Americans must never make the mistake of wholly 'trusting' our public officials."—The NSA Report This is the official report that is helping shape the international debate about the unprecedented surveillance activities of the National Security Agency. Commissioned by President Obama following disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward J. Snowden, and written by a preeminent group of intelligence and legal experts, the report examines the extent of NSA programs and calls for dozens of urgent and practical reforms. The result is a blueprint showing how the government can reaffirm its commitment to privacy and civil liberties—without compromising national security.
