The scope of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey includes:
- HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, household listing, education, water and sanitation, disability, maternal mortality and security of tenure and durability of housing.
- WOMEN aged 15 - 49: - Background characteristics (education, residential history, media exposure, etc.), Reproduction, Contraception, Pregnancy and Postnatal Care, Child Immunization and Health and Child's and Woman's Nutrition, Fertility Preferences, Husband's Background and Woman's Work, HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Draft Report prepared led by the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit from the University of London in association with the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council and Commonwealth Foundation & the financial support from AUSAID and the UK Department for International Development. Marta Lang, a Consultant to the Commonwealth Foundation prepared the Report and tour
State of Environment Reports
The 2009 Samoa Demograthic and Health Survey (SDHS) is a national survey covering all four regions of the country. The survey was design to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on housing and household characteristic, education, maternal and child health, nutrition, fertility and family planning, gender, and knowledge and behaviour related to HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STI).
For the Pacific region, the sources regarding first contacts are essentially accounts written by European travellers. One can quite easily imagine the extent to which these accounts, especially those published in the form of a book which was
intended for a large public, foreground interpretations based on prejudices and preconceptions. Their preconceived views blinded the authors themselves, these first voyagers, and prevented them from understanding the whole range of acts and behaviours of the indigenous population. In particular, several contexts