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...

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...

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...

Background: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. Due to the importance of predicting this disease, the use of data mining methods in medical research is more significant than before. Data mining algorithms can be a great help in preventing the development of lymphedema in patients. The aim Of this study was to create a diagnosis system that can ...

the present study is to investigate and rank the types of personnel organizational commitment viewing demographic structure.  the research method is descriptive based onresearch planning, correlation in terms of method, and practical in terms of the goal. the statistical population includes 160 staffs and managers and based on decision-making table of krejcie and morgan containing 113 people. d...