The Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) is a national sample survey of women of reproductive ages (15-49) and men aged 15 to 60. The survey was designed to collect data on socioeconomic characteristics, marriage patterns, birth history, breastfeeding, use of contraception, immunisation of children, accessibility to health and family planning services, treatment of children during times of illness, and the nutritional status of children and their mothers. The primary objectives of the TDHS were to: Collect data for the evaluation of family planning and health programmes, Determine the contraceptive prevalence rate, which will help in the design of future national family planning programmes, and Assess the demographic situation of the country.
