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Women Empowerment (Excerpts from the 2008 NDHS Final Report)

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Empowerment of women is essential for the achievement of sustainable development. The full participation and partnership of both women and men is required in productive and reproductive life.
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1998 National Demographic and Health Survey - Maternal Health

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Tetanus toxoid injections are given during pregnancy in order to prevent neonatal tetanus, a frequent cause of infant deaths when sterile procedures are not observed in cutting the umbilical cord following delivery. Table MH1 shows that, for 69…
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1998 National Demographic and Health Survey - Fertility Preferences

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Respondents in the 1998 NDHS were asked whether they wanted to have another child and, if so, how soon. Table FP1 summarizes the information on women's reproductive preferences. Half (51 percent) of currently married women in the Philippines say…
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Technical Notes on the 2003 National and Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)

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In the absence of comprehensive registration of population and vital statistics, demographic surveys are the primary source of data used in monitoring the progress and evaluating the impact of the population program of the country. The Philippine…
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1998 National Demographic and Health Survey - Fertility

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Age-specific and total fertility rates for the survey are calculated directly from the pregnancy history data and are shown in Table 1, along with the mean number of children ever born. The total and age-specific fertility rates are for the three-…
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Technical Notes on the 1998 National and Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)

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INTRODUCTION The 1998 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) was a national-level sample survey designed to provide information on various demographic and maternal and child health issues in the Philippines. The NDHS was conducted by the…
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2003 National Demographic and Health Survey

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The 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) is a nationally representative survey of 13,945 women age 15-49 and 5,009 men age 15-54. The main purpose of the 2003 NDHS is to provide policy makers and program managers with detailed…
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Philippines 2008 National Demographic and Healthy Survey Wallchart

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Philippines 2008 National Demographic and Healthy Survey Wallchart
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Under-Five Mortality Down to 34 Deaths per 1,000 Births (Preliminary Results from the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey)

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In the Philippines, for every 1,000 live births, 34 die before reaching the age of five years, according to the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). The findings from the current and previous NDHSs reveal that under-five mortality…
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Infant Mortality in the Philippines is Higher than Other Southeast Asian Countries

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A child born in the Philippines is at greater risk of dying than children born in other Southeastern Asian countries, according to the latest results from the 2003 National Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) conducted by the National Statistics…
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