Assisting existing data collection efforts such as school surveys Analyzing and disseminating education data from past and ongoing DHS surveys. The education data collected are linked to large DHS data sets, allowing rich and reliable comparisons to be made among population, health, nutrition, and education indicators. In 1999, DHS surveys began to include additional questions on education in order to allow rates of school repetition, dropout and survival and literacy program participation to be calculated. Surveys Household and other education surveys are tailored to local needs and conditions. The data the surveys collect can be disaggregated by sex and rural-urban residence and, depending on the size of the survey, also by region and other characteristics of individuals and households.
Some surveys are nationally representative.
Others are smaller scale, limited to program and control group areas. Youths' participation in skills development programs Adults' participation in non-formal education Other issues that are of local importance. When more exhaustive information is required on specific issues, DHS EdData designs and implements a qualitative study or participatory appraisal. By minimizing duplication of effort and equipment, linking DHS EdData surveys to DHS surveys already under way reduces or eliminates many costs. Thus, linked surveys are inexpensive given the quality and volume of the data they provide.