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 Kidney stone (nephrolithiasis) is one of the most common diseases. During the past several decades, its prevalence and incidence have increased markedly in elderly population. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to evaluate the risk factors for nephrolithiasis in elderly population. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was based on the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP). Elderl...

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...

This article describes a methodology for applying a discrete-time survival model-the complementary log-log model-to estimate effects of socioeconomic variables on (1) the total fertility rate and its components and (2) trends in the total fertility rate and its components. For the methodology to be applicable, the total fertility rate (TFR) must be calculated from parity progression ratios (PPR...

The idea that trade-offs between offspring quantity and quality shape reproductive behaviour has long been central to economic perspectives on fertility. It also has a parallel and richer theoretical foundation in evolutionary ecology. We review the application of the quantity-quality trade-off concept to human reproduction, emphasizing distinctions between clutch size and lifetime fertility, a...

Title: Factors associated with infants' and young children's (6-23 months) dietary diversity in Pakistan: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 Authors: Sarosh Iqbal ([email protected]) Rubeena Zakar ([email protected]) Muhammad Zakar ([email protected]) Florian Fischer ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 04 May 2017 Author’s response to reviews: AUTHORS RE...

CONTEXT The persistent low contraceptive use and high fertility in Nigeria despite improvements in educational achievements calls for an examination of the role of factors, which may moderate the use of modern contraception. This article explores the influence of sexual autonomy on the use of modern contraceptive methods among women and its relative importance compared with other, more traditio...

BACKGROUND Hydatidosis, as the most important zoonotic parasitic disease in Iran, has posed many health and economic losses. This study was conducted to investigate the demographic characteristics of hydatid cyst surgeries in hospitals of East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest of Iran. METHODS Demographic characteristics of all patients with hydatid cyst surgery in hospitals of the province, dur...