Table 3.
Sources of freely available spatial demographic data
| Data (standard survey name)/source | Time intervals | Typical spatial coverage | Typical strata | Relevant variables |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census |
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| National Statistical Offices |
Typically 10 years |
Census enumerator area or courser level |
Urban/rural, race or ethnic groups (often) |
Sex, age, education, migration status, household and dwelling characteristics |
| Census Microdata |
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|
https://international.ipums.org/international/ |
Typically 10 years |
Admin 1-3 |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, migration status, children ever born, children surviving |
| DHS (Demographic and Health Survey) |
|
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|
|
| Household, women 15–49, men 15–59, children born in the last five years |
|
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|
http://www.measuredhs.com/ |
Varies by country, typically every 5 years |
National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for most recent surveys (last 15 years) |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, maternal and child health, fertility and full birth history, family planning, domestic violence, biomarkers, nutrition |
| MICS (Multi-indicator cluster survey) |
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|
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24302.html |
UNICEF (Round 2, 1999–2001; round 3 2005–2007; round 4 is in the field 2009–present) |
National, Admin 1 |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, status, maternal and child health, child labor, domestic violence, summary birth history, anthropometry |
| LSMS (Living Standard Measure Survey) |
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| (Integrated Household Budget Survey and many others that are locally adapted) |
|
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|
http://iresearch.worldbank.org/lsms/lsmssurveyFinder.htm |
Irregular |
National, Admin 1, some GPS coordinates |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, migration status,consumption, expenditures, income, nutrition,anthropometry, summary birth history |
| MIS (Malaria Indicator Survey) |
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|
http://www.measuredhs.com/ |
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|
http://www.malariasurveys.org/ |
Varies by country, typically every 3 years |
National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for some surveys (last five years) |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, biomarkers |
| AIS (AIDS Indicator Survey) |
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|
http://www.measuredhs.com/ |
Varies by country, typically every 3 years |
National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for some surveys (last eight years) |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, biomarkers |
| DHS (Demographic and Health Survey) |
|
|
|
|
| Household, women 15–49, men 15–59, children born in the last five years |
|
|
|
|
|
http://www.measuredhs.com/ |
Varies by country, typically every 5 years |
National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for most recent surveys (last 15 years) |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, maternal and child health, fertility and full birth history, family planning, domestic violence, biomarkers, nutrition |
| MICS (Multi-indicator cluster survey) |
|
|
|
|
|
http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24302.html |
UNICEF (Round 2, 1999–2001; round 3 2005–2007; round 4 is in the field 2009-present) |
National, Admin 1 |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, status, maternal and child health, child labor, domestic violence, summary birth history, anthropometry |
| LSMS (Living Standard Measure Survey) |
|
|
|
|
| (Integrated Household Budget Survey and many others that are locally adapted) |
|
|
|
|
|
http://iresearch.worldbank.org/lsms/lsmssurveyFinder.htm |
Irregular |
National, Admin 1, some GPS coordinates |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, migration status, consumption, expenditures, income, nutrition, anthropometry, summary birth history |
| MIS (Malaria Indicator Survey) |
|
|
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|
http://www.measuredhs.com/ |
|
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|
|
|
http://www.malariasurveys.org/ |
Varies by country, typically every 3 years |
National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for some surveys (last five years) |
Urban/rural |
Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, biomarkers |
| AIS (AIDS Indicator Survey) |
|
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| http://www.measuredhs.com/ | Varies by country, typically every 3 years | National, Admin 1/region, GPS coordinates of cluster locations for some surveys (last eight years) | Urban/rural | Household and dwelling characteristics, sex, age, education, biomarkers |