DHS_ind_dictionary

A dataset for DHS health indicators, including their DHS official definitions, measurement types, and denominators.

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Enables small area estimation (SAE) of health and demographic indicators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It powers an R 'shiny' application that helps public health analysts, policymakers, and researchers generate subnational estimates and prevalence maps for 150+ binary indicators from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Basing its core SAE analysis workflow on the 'surveyPrev' package, the app ensures methodological rigor through guided model selection, automated fitting, and interactive visualization. For more details, visit <https://sae4health.stat.uw.edu/>.

Yunhan Wu

sae4health

Small Area Estimation for Key Health and Demographic Indicators
from Household Surveys

Qianyu Dong

Zehang R Li

Jon Wakefield

DHS_ind_dictionary function

A data frame with 4,433 rows and 5 columns:<dl>
 <dt>DHS Standard Indicator ID</dt>
<dd>Unique identifier for each DHS indicator.</dd> <dt>Label</dt>
<dd>Short name or label for the indicator.</dd> <dt>Full Definition</dt>
<dd>Detailed description of the indicator.</dd> <dt>Denominator</dt>
<dd>Explanation of the denominator used in indicator calculation.</dd> <dt>Measurement Type</dt>
<dd>Type of measurement (e.g., percentage, count, rate).</dd>
</dl>

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DHS Indicator Dictionary — DHS_ind_dictionary

A data frame with 4,433 rows and 5 columns:<dl>
 <dt>DHS Standard Indicator ID</dt>
<dd>Unique identifier for each DHS indicator.</dd>

 <dt>Label</dt>
<dd>Short name or label for the indicator.</dd>

 <dt>Full Definition</dt>
<dd>Detailed description of the indicator.</dd>

 <dt>Denominator</dt>
<dd>Explanation of the denominator used in indicator calculation.</dd>

 <dt>Measurement Type</dt>
<dd>Type of measurement (e.g., percentage, count, rate).</dd>


</dl>

DHS_ind_dictionary: DHS Indicator Dictionary

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