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Sierra Leone Malaria Indicator Survey 2013

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2013 - 03/2013
Series or system 
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Sierra Leone Malaria Indicator Survey (SLMIS) 2013 was conducted as part of Phase 6 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. Topics covered include malaria knowledge and prevention practices. A total household sample size of 6,720 was used. A total of 6,803 women ages 15-49 were included in the sample. Men were not interviewed for this survey.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Blood tests, Breathing difficulty, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Cooking fuels, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Indoor residual spraying, Insecticide-treated bednets, Jaundice, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Malaria, Mass media, Multiple births, Pharmacies, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Transportation, Water supply, Complete birth history
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 17, 2021