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API Client and Dataset Management for the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data

v0.8.1 · Nov 21, 2023 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

Provides a client for (1) querying the DHS API for survey indicators and metadata (<https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html>), (2) identifying surveys and datasets for analysis, (3) downloading survey datasets from the DHS website, (4) loading datasets and associate metadata into R, and (5) extracting variables and combining datasets for pooled analysis.

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Reverse Dependencies (4)

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AgePopDenom surveyPrev

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SUMMER malariaAtlas

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies brio R6 httr jsonlite foreign magrittr rappdirs digest storr xml2 qdapRegex getPass haven iotools sf +2 more dependencies AgePopDenom surveyPrev SUMMER malariaAtlas rdhs

Version History

new 0.8.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.8.1 ← 0.8.0 diff Nov 20, 2023
updated 0.8.0 ← 0.7.6 diff Oct 9, 2023
updated 0.7.6 ← 0.7.5 diff Oct 19, 2022
updated 0.7.5 ← 0.7.3 diff Sep 28, 2022
updated 0.7.3 ← 0.7.2 diff Jul 18, 2021
updated 0.7.2 ← 0.7.1 diff Apr 27, 2021
updated 0.7.1 ← 0.6.3 diff Nov 30, 2020
updated 0.6.3 ← 0.6.2 diff Mar 18, 2019
updated 0.6.2 ← 0.6.1 diff Feb 27, 2019
updated 0.6.1 ← 0.6.0 diff Jan 23, 2019
new 0.6.0 Dec 18, 2018