| Author(s) |
Ministry of Health (MOH) , Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) , ICF Macro |
| Date |
2010-06-01 |
| Country |
Samoa |
| Language |
English |
| Contributor(s) |
Government of Samoa , World Bank/International Development Association (IDA) , Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) , New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) , United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) , United Nations |
| Publisher(s) |
Ministry of Health (MOH) , Bureau of Statistics (SBS) , ICF Macro |
| Description |
This report summarizes the findings of the 2009 Samoa Demographic and Health Survey (SDHS) carried out by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Samoa Bureau of Statistics.
The 2009 Samoa Demographic and Health Survey (SDHS) is a national survey covering all four regions of the country. The survey was designed to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on housing and household characteristics, education, maternal and child health, nutrition, fertility and family planning, gender, and knowledge and behaviour related to HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). |
| Table of contents |
TABLES AND FIGURES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL INDICATORS
MAP OF SAMOA
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Geography, History, and Economy
1.1.1 Geography
1.1.2 History and Governance
1.1.3 Economy
1.2 Demographic Profile
1.3 Samoa Health System
1.3.1 Health Care Reforms
1.3.2 Maternal and Child Health Care
1.4 Sexual Reproductive Health Programme
1.4.1 Family Planning
1.4.2 HIV/AIDS and STIs
1.5 Systems for Collecting Demographic and Health Data
1.6 Objectives and Organization of the Survey
1.7 Sample Design
1.8 Questionnaires
1.9 Pretest, Training, and Fieldwork
1.9.1 Pretest
1.9.2 Training and Fieldwork
1.10 Response Rates
CHAPTER 2 HOUSEHOLD POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
2.1 Household Population by Age and Sex
2.2 Household Composition
2.2.1 Children’s Living Arrangements and Orphanhood
2.2.2 School Attendance by Survivorship of Parents
2.3 Educational Attainment of Household Members
2.3.1 School Attendance Ratios
2.3.2 Grade Repetition and Dropout Rates
2.3.3 Age-Specific School Attendance Rates
2.4 Housing Characteristics
2.4.1 Household Drinking Water
2.4.2 Household Sanitation Facilities
2.4.3 Household Characteristics
2.5 Household Possessions
2.6 Wealth Quintiles
2.7 Birth Registration
2.8 Burden of Diseases
2.8.1 Household Level: Burden of Diseases
2.8.2 Household Members: Burden of diseases
CHAPTER 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS
3.1 Background Characteristics of Respondents
3.2 Educational Attainment
3.3 Literacy
3.4 Access to Mass Media
3.5 Employment
3.6 Occupation
3.7 Type of Employer, Form of Earnings, and Continuity of Employment
3.8 Health Insurance Coverage
3.9 Knowledge and Attitude Concerning Tuberculosis
3.9.1 Misconceptions about the Way Tuberculosis Spreads
3.9.2 Exposure to Messages on Tuberculosis
3.10 Smoking
3.11 Participation in the Physical activity Campaign
CHAPTER 4 FERTILITY
4.1 Fertility Levels and Trends
4.1.1 Fertility Levels
4.1.2 Differentials in Current and Completed Fertility
4.1.3 Fertility by Marital Status
4.1.4 Trends in Fertility
4.2 Children Ever Born and Living
4.2.1 Children Ever Born by Marital Status
4.3 Birth Intervals
4.4 Age at First Birth
4.5 Teenage Fertility
CHAPTER 5 FAMILY PLANNING
5.1 Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods
5.2 Ever Use of Contraception
5.3 Current Use of Contraceptive Methods
5.4 Differentials in Contraceptive Use by Background Characteristics
5.5 Trends in the Use of Family Planning
5.6 Number of Children at First Use of Contraception
5.7 Knowledge of Fertile Period
5.8 Timing of Sterilization
5.9 Source of Contraception
5.10 Cost of Contraception
5.11 Informed Choice
5.12 Future Use of Contraception
5.13 Reasons for Not Intending to Use Contraception
5.14 Preferred Method of Contraception for Future Use
5.15 Exposure to Family Planning Messages
5.16 Contact of Non-users with Family Planning Providers
5.17 Husband/Partner’s Knowledge about Woman’s Use of Family Planning
5.18 Male Attitudes towards Family Planning
CHAPTER 6 OTHER PROXIMATE DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY
6.1 Current Marital Status
6.2 Singulate Mean Age at Marriage
6.3 Amenorrhoea, Abstinence, and Insusceptibility
6.4 Menopause
CHAPTER 7 FERTILITY PREFERENCES
7.1 Desire for More Children
7.2 Need and Demand for Family Planning
7.3 Ideal Family Size
7.4 Fertility Planning
CHAPTER 8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY
8.1 Definition, Data Quality, and Methodology
8.2 Levels and Trends in Infant and Child Mortality
8.3 Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality
8.4 Demographic Characteristics and Child Mortality
8.5 Perinatal Mortality
8.6 High-Risk Fertility Behaviour
CHAPTER 9 MATERNAL HEALTH
9.1 Antenatal Care
9.1.1 Antenatal Care Coverage
9.1.2 Number and Timing of Antenatal Care Visits
9.1.3 Components of Antenatal Care
9.1.4 Tetanus Immunisation
9.2 Delivery Care
9.2.1 Place of Delivery
9.2.2 Assistance at Delivery
9.2.3 Complications of Delivery
9.3 Postnatal Care
9.3.1 Timing of First Postnatal Check-up
9.3.2 Type of Provider of First Postnatal Check-up
9.4 Problems in Accessing Health Care
CHAPTER 10 CHILD HEALTH
10.1 Child’s Size at Birth
10.2 Vaccination Coverage
10.3 Trends in Vaccination Coverage
10.4 Acute Respiratory Infection
10.5 Fever
10.6 Diarrhoeal Disease
10.6.1 Incidence and Treatment of Diarrhoea
10.6.2 Feeding Practices
10.7 Knowledge of ORS Packets
10.8 Stool Disposal
CHAPTER 11 NUTRITION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS
11.1 Initiation of Breastfeeding
11.2 Breastfeeding Status by Age
11.3 Duration and Frequency of Breastfeeding
11.4 Types of Complementary Foods
11.5 Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices
11.6 Micronutrient Intake among Children
11.7 Foods Consumed by Mothers
11.8 Micronutrient Intake Among Mothers
11.9 Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables by Women and Men
CHAPTER 12 HIV AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOUR
12.1 Knowledge of AIDS
12.2 Knowledge of HIV Prevention Methods
12.3 Beliefs about AIDS
12.4 Knowledge of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
12.5 Stigma Associated with AIDS and Attitudes Related to HIV/AIDS
12.6 Attitudes towards Negotiating Safer Sex
12.7 Coverage of Prior HIV Testing
12.7.1 HIV Testing during Antenatal Care
12.8 Treatment of Individuals with HIV/AIDS
12.9 Prevalence of Medical Injections
12.10 HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge among Youth
12.11 Exposure to Messages about HIV/AIDS
CHAPTER 13 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
13.1 Employment and Forms of Earnings............................................................. 179
13.2 Control over Women’s and Men’s Earnings ................................................. 180
13.3 Women’s Participation in Household Decision-making ............................... 184
13.4 Attitudes towards Wife Beating ................................................................... 188
13.5 Attitudes towards Refusing Sex with Husband ............................................. 191
13.6 Women’s Empowerment Indicators ............................................................ 195
13.7 Current Use of Contraception by Women’s Status....................................... 196
13.8 Ideal Family Size and Unmet Need by Women’s Status............................... 197
13.9 Reproductive Health Care and Women’s Empowerment Status................... 198
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN FOR THE 2009 SDHS
APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS
APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES
APPENDIX D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 2009 SAMOA
DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY
APPENDIX E QUESTIONNAIRES |
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