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The 2019 Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey (2019 EMDHS), the second Mini Demographic and Health Survey, was implemented by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), in partnership with the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), under the overall guidance of the Technical Working Group (TWG). Data collection took place from March 21, 2019, to June 28, 2019. The primary objective of the 2019 EMDHS project is to provide up-to-date estimates of key demographic and health indicators.
Four full-scale DHS surveys were conducted in 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2016. The first Ethiopia Mini DHS, or EMDHS, was conducted in 2014. The 2019 EMDHS provides valuable information on trends in key demographic and health indicators over time. The information collected through the 2019 EMDHS is intended to assist policymakers and program managers in evaluating and designing programs and strategies for improving the health of the country’s population. The current survey included a health facility component that recorded data on children’s vaccinations, which were then combined with the household data on children’s vaccinations.
The sampling frame used for the 2019 EMDHS is a frame of all census enumeration areas (EAs) created for the upcoming 2019 Ethiopia Population and Housing Census (PHC), which will be conducted by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA). The census frame is a complete list of 149,093 EAs created for the 2019 PHC. An EA is a geographic area covering an average of 131 households. The sampling frame contains information about the EA location, type of residence (urban or rural), and the estimated number of residential households.
The 2019 EMDHS sample was stratified and selected in two stages. Each region was stratified into urban and rural areas, yielding 21 sampling strata. Samples of EAs were selected independently in each stratum in two stages. To ensure that survey precision is comparable across regions, the sample allocation has been done through an equal allocation where 25 EAs are selected from eight regions. However, from the three larger regions—Amhara, Oromia, and SNNP—35 EAs for each were selected.
Five questionnaires were used for the 2019 EMDHS: (1) the household questionnaire, (2) the woman’s questionnaire, (3) the anthropometry questionnaire, (4) the health facility questionnaire, and (5) the fieldworker’s questionnaire. These questionnaires, based on the DHS Program’s standard questionnaires were adapted to reflect the population and health issues relevant to Ethiopia. They were shortened substantially to collect data on indicators of particular relevance to the nation and the donors to child health programs.
The EMDHS 2019 interviewed 8,885 women aged 15-49 from a nationally representative sample of 8,663 households. In this report, key health indicators are provided for the country as a whole, for urban and rural areas, and for each of the nine regional states and two city administrations. |
| Description |
This survey 2019 is the second survey next to that of the first mini-DHS conducted in 2014. The first mini-EDHS was conducted to measure the progress made after DHS 2011. These surveys provided substantial information on fertility, family, planning, contraceptive use maternal and child health, nutrition and breastfeeding practices, and HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The general objective of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey (EMDHS) project is to measure the progress of the health sector goals set under the Growth and Transformation (GTP) which is closely aligned with the SDGs.
Five questionnaires were used for the 2019 EMDHS: the household questionnaire, the woman’s questionnaire, the anthropometry questionnaire, the health facility questionnaire, and the fieldworker’s questionnaire. These questionnaires, based on the DHS Program’s standard questionnaires were adapted to reflect the population and health issues relevant to Ethiopia. They were shortened substantially to collect data on indicators of particular relevance to the nation and the donors to child health programs. After the questionnaires were finalized in English, they were translated into Amarigna, Tigrigna, and Afaan Oromo.
The household questionnaire was used to list all the usual members of and visitors to selected households. In that regard, basic demographic information was collected on the characteristics of each person listed, including his or her age, sex, education, and relationship to the head of the household. The household questionnaire, on its part, was also used to collect information on characteristics of the household’s dwelling unit, such as the source of water, type of toilet facilities, materials used for the floor of the dwelling unit, and ownership of various durable goods.
The woman’s questionnaire was used to collect information from all eligible women aged 15-49. These women were asked questions on the following main topics: respondent’s background characteristics, reproduction, contraception, pregnancy and postnatal care, child nutrition, childhood immunizations, and health facility information. In the anthropometry questionnaire, height and weight measurements were recorded for eligible children aged 0-59 months in all interviewed households. Lastly, a health facility questionnaire was used to record vaccination information for all children without a vaccination card seen during the mother’s interview. The fieldworker’s questionnaire collected background information about interviewers and other fieldworkers who participated in the 2019 EMDHS data collection.
The EMDHS 2019 interviewed 8,885 women aged 15-49 from a nationally representative sample of 8,663 households. In this report, key health indicators are provided for the country as a whole, for urban and rural areas, and for each of the nine regional states and two city administrations. The 2019 EMDHS data was collected by highly trained survey teams using a pretested questionnaire and computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI). the whole process of data collection took place from March 21, 2019, to June 28, 2019. |
