IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys

项目总结/摘要 该提案寻求持续的支持，以扩大一个强大的新资源，用于跨国健康研究。 IPUMS-DHS（http：www.idhsdata.org）可以访问人口和健康调查， 世界上关于生育率、避孕药具使用、婴儿和产妇健康、急性疾病 幼儿营养、婴儿和产妇死亡率、家庭暴力、婚姻和性行为， 2005年低收入和中等收入国家艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识和流行率以及性别态度 1980年，向前进。截至我们2016年5月发布的数据，IPUM-DHS包含90个DHS调查和超过2000个 19个撒哈拉以南非洲国家加上埃及和印度的综合变量-比2010年多13次调查， 在最初的申请中承诺。虽然整合后的数据上线才两年， 该项目已经吸引了来自61个国家和253个机构的400多名用户。IPUMS-DHS消除了 有效和准确地使用DHS存在多重障碍，但需要开展更多工作才能充分实现 这些宝贵的调查在90多个国家开展，具有比较潜力。 IPUMS-DHS下一阶段将处理四项具体任务：（1）扩大IPUMS-DHS覆盖面 从地理上讲，包括撒哈拉以南非洲国家，并增加北非、中东和非洲国家， 东亚和南亚，并在局部，通过协调具有挑战性的人体测量和日历变量， （2）将分析单位数量增加一倍， 除了现有的关于妇女、儿童和家庭的数据外，还对男子、夫妇和家庭进行了研究， （3）通过将人口与健康调查的小地理单位（全球定位系统点）与人口与健康调查方案联系起来，创建背景变量- 国际人口普查微观数据和其他来源的土地使用和环境数据;以及（4）提供 额外的在线工具，例如改进的搜索能力、灵活的在线制表器和多语言 视频和练习。 拟议的工作将由一个具有丰富数据经验的高技能研究人员团队进行 整合和基于DHS的实质性研究。ICF国际（收集 原始数据）将提供专家建议和反馈。该项目将采用先进的软件 创新，建立元数据标准，并积极推广到全球研究界。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposal seeks continued support to expand a powerful new resource for cross-national health research. IPUMS-DHS (http://www.idhsdata.org) unlocks access to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the world's primary source of information on fertility, contraceptive use, infant and maternal health, acute illness and nutrition in young children, infant and maternal mortality, domestic violence, marriage and sexuality, HIV/AIDS knowledge and prevalence, and gender attitudes in low- and middle-income countries from the 1980s forward. As of our May 2016 data release, IPUM-DHS incorporates 90 DHS surveys and over 2000 integrated variables for 19 sub-Saharan African countries plus Egypt and India—13 more surveys than promised in the original application. Although the integrated data have only been online for two years, the project has already attracted over 400 users from 61 countries and 253 institutions. IPUMS-DHS eliminates multiple barriers to efficient and accurate use of the DHS, but additional work is required to fully realize the comparative potential of these valuable surveys, which have been fielded in over 90 countries. The next phase of IPUMS-DHS will address four specific tasks: (1) Expand IPUMS-DHS coverage geographically, by including remaining sub-Saharan African countries and adding North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, and topically, by harmonizing the challenging anthropometric and calendar variables for adults and incorporating more country-specific variables; (2) Double the number of units of analysis, facilitating research on men, couples, and households in addition to currently available data on women, children, and births; (3) Create contextual variables by linking small DHS geographic units (GPS points) to IPUMS- International census microdata and other sources of land-use and environmental data; and (4) Provide additional online tools, such as improved search capacity, a flexible online tabulator, and multi-language videos and exercises. The proposed work will be carried out by a team of highly-skilled researchers with extensive experience in data integration and in substantive research based on the DHS. ICF International (the organization that collects the original data) will provide expert advice and feedback. The project will employ cutting-edge software innovations, established metadata standards, and vigorous outreach to the global research community.