Part II Collecting and analysing data
UPDATE FROM AHN
Ahn looks for secondary data that she can use for her list of indicators.
She organizes the data she has collected into the following table.
Source
Data
Notes
World Bank
Data
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000
women ages 15-19); fertility rate, total
(births per woman); maternal mortality
ratio (modelled estimate, per 100,000 live
births).
Most data fairly up-todate. However, isn’t
disaggregated.
Demographic
Health Survey
Provides a lot of data on relevant topics
(e.g. fertility preferences, family planning).
In PDF format only.
Ministry of
Health
Relevant documents, including
the Constitution, Health Care Act,
reproductive health policy and strategy
and their evaluation reports.
Data in strategy
evaluation reports not
comprehensive.
World Bank
Data
Births attended by skilled health staff (%
of total); contraceptive prevalence rate;
out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of
private expenditure on health); pregnant
women receiving prenatal care (%).
Most data fairly up-todate. However, isn’t
disaggregated.
Demographic
Health Survey
Provides a lot of data on relevant topics
(e.g. contraceptive use, antenatal care,
place of delivery, assistance during
delivery).
Data disaggregated.
Survey from two years
ago and five years
ago.
Health Systems
Report
Hospital beds per 1000 people;
physicians per 1000 people etc.
Not disaggregated.
Requested information
from Health Ministry.
Ministry of
Finance
Annual budgets and audited accounts.
World Bank
Data
Health expenditure per capita (current
US$); health expenditure, public (%
of total health expenditure); health
expenditure, total (% of GDP).
WHO Global
Health
Expenditure
Database
Total expenditure on inpatient care (% of
total health expenditure); prevention (%
of total health expenditure); public health
expenditure, total (% of GDP).
Outcomes
Policy efforts
Resources
Assessment
Most data fairly up-todate. However, isn’t
disaggregated.
Unable to find any up-to-date secondary data on the reasons why women don’t seek
care or about their autonomy in health decisions. She does find a time-use survey
conducted by the government, which shows women spend many hours each day on
care work in the household on top of their paid work (especially in rural areas), and
this could indicate that they don’t have the time to seek care. However, the time-use
survey is from over a decade ago and has not been repeated since; and it does not
disaggregate between indigenous and non-indigenous women.
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