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Thanks to everyone who sent me information on household surveys. Here is
a summary of the information I've gathered so far, in the format for our
forthcoming guide to development sources:

Three main collections of surveys:

   DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS (DHS) / MACRO INTERNATIONAL
   Project funded primarily by USAID to assist government and private
   agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on
   population and maternal & child health. Implemented by DHS / Macro
   International / Institute for Resource Development from 1984 to date. Data
   collection conceived as a follow-up to the World Fertility Survey. Data
   collected included health (especially maternal and child health),
   population, contraception, family planning issues, currently in 28
   countries. Data was collected by sample survey at the household level in
   two phases: DHS-1 (1986-90) data is less extensive than DHS-2
   (1991-date) and the two series were collected on a different
   methodological basis.
   Resulted in a series of publications and statistical datasets, including:
   (a) Country reports: available in print in both full and summary formats
   (b) Statistical datasets: country sets, corresponding to the printed
   country reports. Datasets available online via: (a) the Office of
   Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University (see separate entry):
   provides an annotated catalogue of DHS-1 datasets, but datasets
   themselves are only available to OPR members (b)the Population Studies
   Centre at the University of Pennsylvania (data on some African countries
   and Trinidad - see separate entry) (c) University of Michigan Population
   Center [data on  Philippines ?? http://www.psc.umich.edu did not work].
   Data also available  on disc.
   (c) Guides to methodology
   (d) Working papers, occasional papers, comparative studies

   Keywords: Population / Demography / Health / Statistics / Contraception
   / Fertility / Women / Children / Households / Family planning

   Address: DHS / Macro International, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton,
   MD 20705-3119, USA
   Telephone: 301 572 0200
   Fax: 301 572 0999
   Email: To request reports: reports@macroint.com
   To request data: archive@macroint.com

   Local access: BLDS has paper copies of country reports, working papers,
   occasional papers, comparative studies and methodological guides



   LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY (LSMS) HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
   The World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys
   are based on multi-topic, household questionnaires designed to measure
   household welfare and to help the understanding of household behaviour
   in developing countries.  Sampling plans and questionnaire design vary
   from one survey to another: the WWW trys to tabulate some of these
   differences. Currently (May 1995) only the 1993-94 Tanzania Human
   Resource Development Survey (HRDS) data is available on the Internet
   (downloadable free of charge). It is planned to make 4 more sets
   available in 1995 (South Africa 1994, Peru 1990, Peru 1991, Peru 1994).
   Other datasets are available by post at $200 per data set (e.g. obtaining
   four years of the Peru data would cost $800), with a 50% student
   discount.

   Keywords: Statistics / World Bank / Households / Poverty

   Connect: WWW: http://www.worldbank.org, under the menu heading for
   research projects

   Address: LSMS Data Manager, Poverty and Human Resources Division
   (PRDPH), Policy Research Department,  World Bank, 1818 H Street NW,
   Washington DC 20433, USA
   Email: LSMS@worldbank.org


   WORLD FERTILITY SURVEYS (WFS)
   Surveys of human fertility for 41 countries, produced by the International
   Statistical Institute (ISI), USAID and UN Population Division between
   1972 and 1984. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (see separate
   entry) are the follow up to this data. Data available online at: (a) Office
   of Population Research, Princeton University (see separate entry) (b)
   Population Studies Centre, University of Pennsylvania (see separate entry).
   Data also available from ISI directly, where data is archived on their
   "Dynamic Database" system.

   Keywords: Population / Statistics / Fertility / Family planning /
   Contraception

   Address: International Statistical Institute Research Center, 428 Prinses
   Beatrixlaan, PO Box 950, 2270 AZ Voorburg, Netherlands
   Telephone: 31 70 3694343


Also a printed guide to available surveys:

   DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY SURVEYS
   Printed guide produced by the Population Council, listing surveys by
   country. Describes data coverage in relation to fertility, children,
   parents and households. Gives postal, telephone and fax address to contact
   for the data itself. Currently available in print, but there are plans
   (funding permitting) to distribute as a database on disc. Publication
   details: Cynthia B. Lloyd & catherine M. Marquette. "Directory of surveys
   in developing countries: data on families and households 1975-1992". New
   York: Population Council, 1992. ISBN 0-87834-074-2

   Keywords: Population / Statistics / Households / Surveys / Health /
   Fertility

   Contact: Cynthia Lloyd / Catherine Marquette, Population Council, One
   Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. Fax: 212 755
   6052


Places making these available:

   OFFICE OF POPULATION RESEARCH (OPR), PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
   Maintains an archive of datasets including American Fertility Survey,
   European Fertility Decline (main data may only be for people at OPR
   available by FTP, including socioeconomic datasets for Austria, Russia,
   Germany and Switzerland), World Fertility Survey (41 countries, data can
   be downloaded by FTP), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS - see
   separate entry. Directory here, but data only available to OPR members),
   China Fertility surveys (for 1985 & 1987, data available by FTP). In all
   cases, a catalogue of data with detailed descriptions is available, with
   contact details for data.

   Keywords: Population / Statistics / Fertility

   Connect: WWW: http://opr.princeton.edu/archive/archive.html
   Contact: archive@opr.princeton.edu




   POPULATION STUDIES CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
   General population and demographics gopher, with access to
   bibliographical and statistical data. Includes datasets produced by the
   Demography and Health Surveys (DHS) programme (Some African
   countries and Trinidad) and the World Fertility Survey (WFS), accessible
   via the menu listing countries (see separate entry).

   Keywords: Population

   Connect: Gopher to lexis.pop.upenn.edu


   INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH (ICPSR)
   ICPSR, located in the Institute for Social Research, University of
   Michigan, is a major archive of social science datasets. ICPSR is a
   membership-based, not-for-profit, organization serving member colleges
   and universities in the United States and abroad by providing:
   (a) Access to a large archive of machine-readable international social
   science data (including political science, sociology, history, economics,
   gerontology, criminal justice, public health, education, and law).
   (b) Training facilities in basic and advanced techniques of quantitative
   social analysis
   (c) Resources that facilitate the use of advanced computer technology by
   social scientists
   Students and researchers at member institutions have access to all the
   holdings of the Archive free of charge. While institutional membership is
   the main route of access to ICPSR resources, data are also available to
   individuals at nonmember institutions for a fee.
   The WWW and gopher services provide information on the Consortium,
   training courses, a catalogue (searchable by keyword) of datasets available
   and full-text of the ICPSR Bulletin (quarterly publication describing newly
   released and updated ICPSR data collections). ICPSR distributes all
   collections on magnetic reel-to-reel tape and IBM 3480 tape cartridge, and
   an increasing portion of the holdings are available on desktop media,
   including FTP, CD-ROM and diskette.

   Keywords: Statistics / Population / Demography

   Connect: WWW: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
   gopher gopher.icpsr.umich.edu

   Address: ICPSR, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research
   P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI  48106-1248
   Telephone: (313) 764-2570
   Fax: (313) 764-8041
   Email: ICPSR_Netmail@um.cc.umich.edu [in subject line address to Mary
   Morris]



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                     Peter Ferguson
          British Library for Development Studies
at Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex,
              Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE, UK

             Email: p.ferguson@sussex.ac.uk
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