Table 3.
Birth history data sources
| Surveya | Geographic levelb | Spatially aligned?c | Complete birth history | Summary birth history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | ||||
| 1993–1994 DHS | District (64) | No | x | |
| 1996–1997 DHS | District (64) | No | x | |
| 1999–2000 DHS | Sub-district (484) | Yes | x | |
| 2001 DHS | District (64) | No | x | |
| 2004 DHS | Sub-district (484) | Yes | x | |
| 2007 DHS | Sub-district (484) | Yes | x | |
| 2010 MMHCS | District (64) | No | x | |
| 2011–2012 DHS | Sub-district (484) | Yes | x | |
| 2012–2013 MICS | District (64) | No | x | |
| 2014 DHS | Sub-district (484) | Yes | x | |
| Cameroon | ||||
| 1991 DHS | Department (58) | Yes | x | |
| 1998 DHS | Region (10) | No | x | |
| 2000 MICS | Region (10) | No | x | |
| 2004 DHS | Department (58) | Yes | x | |
| 2011 DHS | Department (58) | Yes | x | |
| 2014 MICS | Region (10) | No | x | |
| Chadd | ||||
| 1996–1997 DHS | Region (15) | No | x | |
| 2000 MICS | Region (15) | No | x | |
| 2004 DHS | DHS Region (9) | No | x | |
| 2010 MICS | Department (62) | Yes | x | |
| 2014–2015 DHS | Department (62) | Yes | x | |
| Mozambique | ||||
| 1997 Census | District (146) | No | x | |
| 1997 DHS | Province (11) | No | x | |
| 2003 DHS | Province (11) | No | x | |
| 2007 Census | District (148) | Yes | x | |
| 2008 MICS | Province (11) | No | x | |
| 2009 AIS | District (148) | Yes | x | |
| 2011 DHS | District (148) | Yes | x | |
| Uganda | ||||
| 1991 Census | District (38) | No | x | |
| 1992–1993 UNIHS | District (38) | No | x | |
| 1995 DHS | District (38) | No | x | |
| 2000–2001 DHS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2002 Census | District (56) | No | x | |
| 2006 DHS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2009–2010 MIS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2009–2010 UNPS | District (87) | No | x | |
| 2010–2011 UNPS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2011 AIS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2011 DHS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2011–2012 UNPS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| 2014–2015 MIS | District (112) | Yes | x | |
| Zambia | ||||
| 1990 Census | District (57) | No | x | |
| 1992 DHS | District (57) | No | x | |
| 1996–1997 DHS | District (57) | No | x | |
| 2000 Census | District (72) | Yes | x | |
| 2001–2002 DHS | Province (9) | No | x | |
| 2007 DHS | District (72) | Yes | x | |
| 2010 Census | District (72) | Yes | x | |
| 2013–2014 DHS | District (72) | Yes | x | |
aAIS AIDS Indicator Survey, DHS Demographic and Health Survey, MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MMHCS Maternal Mortality and Healthcare Survey, MIS Malaria Indicator Survey, UNIHS Uganda National Integrated Household Survey, UNPS Uganda National Panel Survey
bNumbers shown in parentheses indicate the number of areas in a given set of administrative boundaries. This is to distinguish between current and historical sets of areas that go by the same name
cSources that could be analyzed at the current second administrative level (third, in Bangladesh only), as described in Table 1, are considered spatially aligned while all other data sources are considered spatially misaligned
dChad previously had prefectures which are roughly equivalent to regions. For simplicity, both regions and prefectures are listed as regions in this table. ‘DHS region’ are an alternate set of regions defined for statistical purposes in the 2004 Demographic and Health Survey