| Author(s) |
Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan ICF International, Calverton, Maryland, USA |
| Date |
2013-10-01 |
| Country |
Jordan |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
This report summarizes the findings of the 2012 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey (JPFHS) carried out by the Department of Statistics (DoS). |
| Table of contents |
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ......................................................................................................... vii
PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................. xiii
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS INDICATORS .................................................................... xv
MAP OF JORDAN ................................................................................................................................... xvi
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 History, Geography, and Economy ............................................................................................ 1
1.2 Population .................................................................................................................................. 2
1.3 Population and Family Planning Policies and Programs ............................................................ 3
1.4 Health Priorities and Programs .................................................................................................. 4
1.5 Objectives of the Survey ............................................................................................................ 5
1.6 Methodology and Organization of the Survey ........................................................................... 5
1.6.1 Sample Design ............................................................................................................. 6
1.6.2 Updating of Sampling Frame ....................................................................................... 6
1.6.3 Questionnaires ............................................................................................................. 7
1.6.4 Recruitment of Staff .................................................................................................... 7
1.6.5 Pretest and Training ..................................................................................................... 8
1.6.6 Main Fieldwork ........................................................................................................... 8
1.6.7 Data Processing ........................................................................................................... 8
1.7 Results of the Household and Individual Interviews .................................................................. 9
2 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
2.1 Housing Characteristics ........................................................................................................... 11
2.2 Household Wealth .................................................................................................................... 16
2.3 Population by Age and Sex ...................................................................................................... 17
2.4 Household Composition ........................................................................................................... 19
2.5 Birth Registration ..................................................................................................................... 20
2.6 Education of the Household Population ................................................................................... 23
3 RESPONDENTS’ BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS
3.1 General Characteristics ............................................................................................................ 27
3.2 Respondents’ Level of Education ............................................................................................ 29
3.3 Exposure to Mass Media .......................................................................................................... 31
3.4 Respondents’ Employment Characteristics .............................................................................. 32
3.4.1 Working Status .......................................................................................................... 32
3.4.2 Occupation ................................................................................................................. 34
3.5 Smoking Tobacco .................................................................................................................... 36
4 MARRIAGE AND EXPOSURE TO THE RISK OF PREGNANCY
4.1 Current Marital Status .............................................................................................................. 39
4.2 Polygyny .................................................................................................................................. 40
4.3 Consanguinity .......................................................................................................................... 42
4.4 Age at First Marriage ............................................................................................................... 43
4.5 Recent Sexual Activity ............................................................................................................. 45
5 FERTILITY
5.1 Current Fertility ....................................................................................................................... 48
5.2 Fertility Differentials By Background Characteristics ............................................................. 49
5.3 Fertility Trends ......................................................................................................................... 50
5.4 Children Ever Born .................................................................................................................. 52
5.5 Birth Intervals .......................................................................................................................... 53
5.6 Postpartum Amenorrhea, Postpartum Abstinence, and Insusceptibility .................................. 55
5.7 Menopause ............................................................................................................................... 57
5.8 Age at First Birth ..................................................................................................................... 57
5.9 Teenage Fertility ...................................................................................................................... 59
6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES
6.1 Desire for Children................................................................................................................... 61
6.2 Ideal Number of Children ........................................................................................................ 64
6.3 Planning Status of Births .......................................................................................................... 67
7 FAMILY PLANNING
7.1 Knowledge of Family Planning Methods ................................................................................. 69
7.2 Current Use of Contraception .................................................................................................. 70
7.3 Timing of Sterilization ............................................................................................................. 75
7.4 Source of Supply for Modern Methods .................................................................................... 75
7.5 Use of Social Marketing Brands of Contraceptives ................................................................. 76
7.6 Informed Choice ...................................................................................................................... 78
7.7 Contraceptive Discontinuation ................................................................................................. 79
7.8 Knowledge of the Fertile Period .............................................................................................. 81
7.9 Need for Family Planning Services .......................................................................................... 81
7.10 Future Use of Family Planning ................................................................................................ 85
7.11 Exposure to Family Planning Messages ................................................................................... 85
7.12 Contact of Nonusers with Family Planning Providers ............................................................. 87
8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY
8.1 Levels and Trends .................................................................................................................... 92
8.2 Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality .............................................................................. 94
8.2.1 Differentials by Background Characteristics ............................................................. 94
8.2.2 Differentials by Demographic Characteristics ........................................................... 95
8.3 Perinatal Mortality ................................................................................................................... 97
8.4 High-Risk Fertility Behavior.................................................................................................... 99
9 MATERNAL HEALTH
9.1 Antenatal Care ....................................................................................................................... 101
9.1.1 Number and Timing of ANC Visits ......................................................................... 103
9.1.2 Components of Antenatal Care ................................................................................ 105
9.1.3 Coverage of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccinations .............................................................. 107
9.2 Delivery ................................................................................................................................. 109
9.2.1 Place of Delivery ..................................................................................................... 109
9.2.2 Assistance at Delivery ............................................................................................. 110
9.2.3 Delivery Characteristics ........................................................................................... 112
9.2.4 Payment for Delivery ............................................................................................... 112
9.3 Postnatal Care ........................................................................................................................ 113
9.3.1 Postnatal Care for Mother ........................................................................................ 114
9.3.2 Postnatal Care for Newborn ..................................................................................... 115
9.4 Problems in Accessing Health Care ....................................................................................... 119
9.5 Premarital Medical Examinations .......................................................................................... 120
9.6 Cancer Screening ................................................................................................................... 121
10 CHILD HEALTH
10.1 Birth Weight ........................................................................................................................... 123
10.2 Vaccination Coverage ............................................................................................................ 125
10.2.1 Additional Doses of Polio and DPT ......................................................................... 127
10.2.2 Additional Vaccinations .......................................................................................... 128
10.2.3 Trends in Vaccination Coverage .............................................................................. 130
10.3 Acute Respiratory Infection ................................................................................................... 131
10.4 Prevalence of Fever ................................................................................................................ 133
10.5 Prevalence of Diarrhea ........................................................................................................... 135
10.5.1 Diarrhea Treatment .................................................................................................. 136
10.5.2 Nutritional Practices during Diarrhea ...................................................................... 138
10.5.3 Knowledge of Diarrhea Treatment Solutions .......................................................... 141
11 NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA
11.1 Nutritional Status of Children ................................................................................................ 143
11.1.1 Measurement of Nutritional Status among Young Children .................................... 144
11.1.2 Results of Data Collection ....................................................................................... 145
11.1.3 Levels of Child Malnutrition ................................................................................... 145
11.1.4 Trends in Children’s Nutritional Status ................................................................... 149
11.2 Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding .......................................................................... 149
11.2.1 Initiation of Breastfeeding ....................................................................................... 149
11.2.2 Breastfeeding Status by Age .................................................................................... 152
11.2.3 Duration of Breastfeeding ........................................................................................ 154
11.2.4 Types of Complementary Foods .............................................................................. 155
11.3 Appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices ............................................ 155
11.4 Prevalence of Anemia in Children ......................................................................................... 159
11.5 Micronutrient Intake among Children .................................................................................... 162
11.6 Nutritional Status of Women ................................................................................................. 163
11.7 Prevalence of Anemia in Women .......................................................................................... 165
11.8 Micronutrient Intake among Mothers .................................................................................... 167
12 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR
12.1 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Methods of HIV Prevention .................................................. 170
12.2 Stigma Associated with AIDS ............................................................................................... 176
12.3 Attitudes Towards Negotiating Safer Sexual Relations ......................................................... 177
12.4 Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections ..................................................................... 179
12.5 Exposure to Media Messages about AIDS ............................................................................. 180
12.6 AIDS-Related Knowledge among Youth ............................................................................... 181
12.7 Knowledge of Tuberculosis ................................................................................................... 182
13 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
13.1 Women’s Work Status ........................................................................................................... 185
13.2 Women’s Control Over Their Own Earnings and Relative Magnitude of Women’s Earnings ...186
13.3 Control Over Husbands’ Earnings ......................................................................................... 187
13.4 Women’s Ownership of Assets .............................................................................................. 189
13.5 Women’s Participation in Decision Making .......................................................................... 190
13.6 Women’s Attitudes toward Wife Beating .............................................................................. 193
13.7 Women’s Empowerment Indicators ....................................................................................... 195
13.8 Current Use of Contraception by Women’s Empowerment ................................................... 195
13.9 Ideal Family Size and Unmet Need by Women’s Empowerment .......................................... 196
14 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
14.1 Physical Violence ................................................................................................................... 199
14.2 Sexual Violence ..................................................................................................................... 202
14.3 Physical and Sexual Violence ................................................................................................ 204
14.4 Violence During Pregnancy ................................................................................................... 204
14.5 Marital Control by Husband................................................................................................... 206
14.6 Spousal Violence ................................................................................................................... 208
14.7 Spousal Violence and Women’s Empowerment .................................................................... 210
14.8 Spousal Violence in the Past 12 Months ................................................................................ 211
14.9 Injuries From Spousal Violence ............................................................................................. 213
14.10 Help-Seeking Behavior by Abused Women .......................................................................... 213
15 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD DISCIPLINE
15.1 Early Childhood Education and Learning .............................................................................. 218
15.2 Early Childhood Development ............................................................................................... 224
15.3 Child Discipline ..................................................................................................................... 226
REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 229
APPENDIX A SAMPLE IMPLEMENTATION
A.1 Objectives of the survey ......................................................................................................... 233
A.2 Sampling frame ...................................................................................................................... 233
A.3 Sample allocation and sample selection ................................................................................. 234
A.4 Selection probability and sampling weight ............................................................................ 236
A.5 Sample Implementation ......................................................................................................... 237
APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ................................................................... 239
APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES ......................................................................................... 265
APPENDIX D QUESTIONNAIRES ..................................................................................................... 271 |
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