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Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey 1997

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General Info
Provider 
Derek Gordon Databank, University of the West Indies
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Jamaica (JAM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
08/1997 - 12/1997
Series or system 
Reproductive Health Survey (RHS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 1997 Jamaica RHS is the sixth in a series and covers: fertility, contraceptive use, maternal and child care, cancer screening, forced sexual intercourse, and sexual behavior of young adults. n=6,384 women 15-49 and 2,279 men 15-24.

A survey report is available from the File tab in this record, while microdata are available on request from the Derek Gordon Databank at the University of the West Indies.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Antenatal care, Assets, Birth control pills, Breast cancer, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Diaphragms, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Hypertension, IUDs, Illicit drug use, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Intimate partner violence, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Menstruation, Pap smears, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, STDs, Sanitation, Seizures, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Water supply, Young adults
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022