Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016

Country	United Republic of Tanzania
Year	2015 - 2016
Type of Measure	Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

The 2015-16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) is the sixth in a series of DHS surveys conducted in Tanzania. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Tanzania Mainland, and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Zanzibar, conducted the survey in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), Tanzania Mainland, and the Ministry of Health (MoH), Zanzibar. The 2015-16 TDHS-MIS follows up the previous surveys conducted in 1991-92, 1996, 1999, 2004-05, and 2010. The availability of data and reports from these surveys provides an opportunity for trend analysis of the several population and health indicators covered in these surveys and identified in the related country’s development agenda.

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Source of Information

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC) [Tanzania Mainland], Ministry of Health (MoH) [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), and ICF. 2016. Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) 2015-16. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: MoHCDGEC, MoH, NBS, OCGS, and ICF.