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Table 1 Summary of data sources, Arab countries

From: Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

Country

Year of survey

Source

Number of households

Number of children under-five

Algeria

1992

PAP Child

6133

5092

Bahrain

1995

GFHS

4166

3120

Egypt

1995

DHS

16957

-

Jordan

1997

DHS

7335

-

Kuwait

1996

GFHS

3673

3514

Lebanon

1996

PAP Child

4600

2156

Libya

1995

PAP Child

6312

5348

Morocco

1990

PAP Child

5686

6000

Mauritania

1991–92

PAP Child

6717

4971

Occupied Palestinian Territory

1995–96

Health Survey

6204

6169

Oman

1995

GFHS

6103

9033

Qatar

1998

GFHS

4207

3775

Saudi Arabia

1996–97

GFHS

10510

10831

Sudan

1992–93

PAP Child

5320

4585

Syria

1993

PAP Child

5998

4352

Tunisia

1994–95

PAP Child

6085

3679

United Arab Emirates

1995

GFHS

5822

6285

Yemen

1997

DHS

10701

-