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At The DHS Program: We ARE all about the Data
Clara R. Burgert, MPH GIS Coordinator USAID Funded The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program [email protected]
ExperWse
Where are you on The DHS use and knowledge spectrum?
User type
New to DHS DHS Expert
Analysis
PracWcal ApplicaWon
The Evidence-‐Based Decision Maker Do you need summary data
to make program or policy decisions?
The Analyst Are you planning on analyzing DHS data in a so;ware package
like STATA or SPSS?
The Programmer Are you building a website or
app to highlight key DHS data along with your program data?
The Map Maker Are you a GIS analyst looking
to create maps or do a geographical analysis?
Same Data: different users, different pla_orms
The Evidence-‐Based Decision Maker
Mobile App
www.dhsprogram.com
www.statcompiler.com
Final Reports Key Findings Atlas Policy Briefs
The Analyst
Access micro-‐level datasets for use in staEsEcal soFware
userforum.dhsprogram.com
www.idhsdata.org Reference documents and guidance
The Map Maker
Link data to external datasets
Link data across survey types
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Reference documents and guidance
spaEaldata.dhsprogram.com
The Newbie Are you new to The DHS
and don’t know where to start?
The ConWnuing Learner Are you familiar with The DHS but want to
hone your skills and increase your knowledge?
The Teacher/Trainer Are you wanEng to teach others how to interpret or use DHS or similar data?
The Implementer Are you interested in tools to do your own DHS-‐like survey?
Same DHS: different users, different tools
© David Snyder, ICF InternaWonal
Data Analysis Workshops & Fellows Program
AnalyEcal, ComparaEve, SpaEal, and other advanced analysis
The ConWnuing Learner
www.idhsdata.org
The Trainer/Teacher
E-‐learning and in-‐person courses coming soon: Data VisualizaWon Social Media