Introduction to the Special Issue on DHS in Africa
Population studies
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Issue: 2
(07 - 2014)
The DHS program has conducted nationally-representative surveys worldwide, including Africa, since the mid- 1980s.
The data are open access and provide a rich resource for policymakers and scholars alike; however there has never
been a special issue of a journal focusing on analysis of DHS data. The idea for a special issue on the theme of DHS
in Africa emerged during the 2013 DHS Fellows program. It was determined that the African Population Studies
journal, as the only peer-reviewed bilingual journal of population studies in Africa, would be the most appropriate
host for a special issue. On behalf of the team from the Zimbabwe Open University, | approached the Editor-in-Chief
of the African Population Studies Journal, Prof. Clifford Odimegwu, about hosting this special issue.
An open call for submissions was issued in May
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