Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Arba Minch HDSS)
Arba Minch HDSS began in 2009 and operates biannually in nine kebeles (the smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia) of the Arba Minch Zuria district. One of the kebeles is urban, and the remaining eight are rural. During each round, the site collects information related to births, deaths, marriages, and migrations. The main objective of the site is to monitor basic vital events indicators and generate relevant health, demographic, and socioeconomic information for policies and programs. Another basic objective is to study changes in marriage and fertility patterns, household, family, and kinship. During the original data collection, there were 63,276 (49.46% female) individuals in the kebeles of the site living in 12,907 households.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
63,276 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The population in the Arba Minch Zuria district in Ethiopia.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Arba Minch University
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Arba Minch University
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ethiopia (CDC Ethiopia)
Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
