The 2007 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS) is the third in a series of DHS surveys to be held in Liberia—the first two having been implemented in 1986 and 1999-2000. The 2007 LDHS was undertaken by the Liberian Institute of Statistic and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Liberia Institute for Biomedical Research and the National AIDS Control Program (NACP). Macro International Inc. and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Support Team provided technical support.
The survey was conducted because the Government of Liberia was keen to measure the extent of health-related changes in the Liberian society, especially to determine the basic profile of the population by age, sex, and education; fertility and child mortality rates; maternal and child health indicators; knowledge and attitudes of women and men about sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS; patterns of recent behavior regarding the use of condoms and other contraceptive methods; and the prevalence of HIV infection. The need to conduct a 2007 LDHS derived from two main factors. The first was the inability to conduct a census since 1984. The second derived from the need to update data collected in the 1986 and 1999-2000 LDHS surveys and to monitor progress made on a number of key indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), reproductive health, gender, and violence against women.
The 2007 LDHS teams visited 298 sample points across Liberia and collected data from a nationally representative sample of more than 7,000 women and 6,000 men age 15-49. The primary purpose of the 2007 LDHS is to provide policymakers and planners with detailed information on fertility, family planning, childhood mortality, maternal and child health, domestic violence, maternal mortality, nutrition, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, and HIV prevalence rates.
The final report is available here.
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