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Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Access to Family

The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Access to Family includes a single item from the Woman's Questionnaire that deals specifically with a women’s access (mobility) to see her natal family. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original women's questionnaire located here.

Categories

Geographies Tested: Afghanistan,Angola,Burkina Faso,Cambodia,Cameroon,Cote d'Ivoire,Ethiopia,Ghana,Guatemala,Guinea,Kenya,Madagascar,Mozambique,Myanmar (Burma),Nepal,Rwanda,Senegal,The Gambia,Zimbabwe

Populations Included: Female

Age Range: Adolescents, Adults

Items:

  1. Who usually makes decisions about visits to your family or relatives?

Response Options:
Respondent
Husbandpartner
Respondent and husbandpartner jointly
Someone else
Other

Scoring Procedures

Not Applicable

Original Citation

Demographic and Health Surveys (2019). Demographic and Health Surveys: Women's Questionnaire. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSQ8-DHS-Questionnaires-and-Manuals.cfm


Psychometric Score

Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

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