Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition. Standard DHS surveys have large sample sizes (usually between 5,000 and 30,000 households) and are typically conducted every five years to allow comparisons over time. The DHS Program captures survey locations based on "clusters" rather than individual households. The DHS Program provides an inventory of available survey datasets at http://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm. Source: http://dhsprogram.com/, accessed June 2010.
