High urban mortality delayed transitions to low mortality in 19th century Europe, but an urban mortality advantage emerged as European transitions progressed into the 20th century. Recent analysis has suggested that high mortality in the rapidly growing urban slums of developing countries might once again delay transitions to low mortality in the 21st century. In this paper we use data from Dem...

Comparing inequalities between the rich and the poor in education outcomes, or differences in outcomes for boys and girls across countries is difficult because of the lack of comparable data. The Demographic and Health Surveys provide a uniquely rich data source that overcomes this problem. Analysis of these household data from 43 predominantly poor countries reveals that in most countries ther...

This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’s decisions to engage in employment. Using three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact of war on women’s employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women’s employment probabilities were substantially highe...

OBJECTIVES To define the characteristics of a population of veterans with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have stopped or switched their first biologic agent, and to assess if measures of disease activity are predictors in the decision to alter the regimen. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the VA electronic medical record system identified RA patient demographic and disease activity paramete...

This paper addresses the problem of model misspecification bias when estimating cohort-level determinants of child height-for-age zscore (HAZ) using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). I show that the combination of DHS survey design and the biological realities of child health in developing countries create an artifact that can strongly bias regression estimates when identifica...

The paper compares measures of socio-economic inequality between population groups in Ghana and Nigeria using nationally representative survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). In particular, the paper focuses attention on the politically salient north-south divide. Different dimensions of inequality such as education, employment, household wealth and child mortality as well a...

in this paper, a formal model for antivirus update agent system is presented based on mobile agent technology and predicate/transition petri nets. the mobile agent system contains two mobile agents called dca and una. it sends out agents to update antivirus on client computers in a network. each agent takes on a specified responsibility. first, dca roams through the network and check the last d...

Population-level behavior change requires information and new ideas that spread beyond the confines of targeted beneficiaries of programmatic interventions. Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from two countries (Bolivia and Madagascar), we examine mothers’ ability to correctly respond to the question regarding whether a child with diarrhea should be given more fluids, the same amou...

The present chapter provides an overview of the main procedures followed in the international Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme in the execution of large-scale household and individual surveys. It provides an overview of the general content of the surveys, the sampling procedures, response rates and design effects, as well as a description of the procedures and approaches followed ...

I n his article, " Does India Really Suffer from Worse Child Malnutrition Than Sub-Saharan Africa? " , Arvind Pana-gariya makes an impassioned case against accepting traditional measures that indicate that Indian children suffer from worse malnutrition than their African counterparts. This phenomenon – that Indian children are more stunted despite the coun-try's better performance on an array o...