Principal Investigator:

Ulla Larsen, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland

Research Team:

The Moshi Infertility Survey is a collaborative project of the University of Maryland, College Park; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; National Bureau of Statistics, Dar es Salaam; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.

Funding Support:

Funding was provided by grant RO1 HD41202 from the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Description and Topical Areas:

The survey focuses on infertility in Moshi, Tanzania. It includes the following sections: Respondent's background; Children ever born/fathered and female respondents' pregnancy history; Marriage history; Sexual practices; STD symptoms; Contraception and most recent birth interval; and Infertility.

For detailed description of the survey, see the following link Description.

Population Surveyed:

Interviewed were conducted in Moshi Urban District, northern Tanzania. For sampling performance information, see the following link Sampling.

Survey Dates: 2002-2003

Publications: Complete list of Publications.

Survey Questionnaire: MSWord format Questionnaire.

Data:

Women's file (moshif.sas7bdat) [SAS format V 9]

Men's file (moshim.sas7bdat) [SAS format V 9]

SAS format program for women's file (formatf.sas)

SAS format program for men's file (formatm.sas)