Niger

The Institut National de la Statistique du Niger (INS-Niger) collects and analyzes statistical data for Niger on a range of topics, including health, demographics, transportation, and economics. INS, led by Principal Investigator Souleymane Alzouma and Co-Principal Investigator Sani Oumarou, completed five rounds of the PMA2020 family planning survey were completed in Niger between 2015 and 2018. PMA Agile data were collected in Niamey from facilities and clients.

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Survey Results Summaries

PMA uses innovative mobile technology to support low-cost, rapid-turnaround surveys monitoring key health and development indicators. Surveys are completed by resident enumerators, uploaded to a central server via a mobile data network, cleaned and analyzed. Results are disseminated shortly after.

Technical Area	Survey	Results Brief	Indicators Report
PMA Agile	PMA Agile, Niamey, Client, Q2-Q3, 2019-20	English French
PMA Agile	PMA Agile, Niamey, SDP, Q1-Q3, 2019-20	English French
Family Planning	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 5, 2018	English French
Family Planning	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 4, 2017	English French
Family Planning	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 3, 2016	English French	English
Family Planning	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 2, 2016	English French
Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 1, 2015	English French
Family Planning	PMA2020, Niamey, Round 1, 2015	English French
Menstrual Hygiene Management	PMA2020, National, Round 2, 2017	English French
Family Planning	PMA2020, National, Round 2, 2017	English French	English
Family Planning	PMA2020, National, Round 1, 2016	English French

Snapshot of Indicators

Snapshot of Indicators (SOIs) are online tables that provide a summary of key family planning indicators and information on sample design, questionnaires, data processing, response rates and sample error estimates.

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Research in Niger

9.8%

of women in Niamey reported an unmet need for family planning in 2018, down from 12.3% in 2016.

Partner Institution

Institut National de la Statistique (INS) (National Institute of Statistics)

The Institut National de la Statistique du Niger (INS-Niger) collects and analyzes statistical data for Niger on a range of topics, including health, demographics, transportation, and economics. INS-Niger also conducts the General Census of Population and Housing. Its objective is to provide timely and reliable statistical information to government, research organizations, and civil society to ultimately inform socio-economic debates in Niger.

INS-Niger

Principal Investigator

Souleymane Alzouma

Mr. Souleymane Alzouma is an engineer in statistics and economics. He received a DESS in applied statistical analysis for development in 2004 from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Currently, he is Director of Surveys and Censuses at the Institut National de la Statistique (INS-Niger). In these roles, he participates in the design, sample design, collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of all the surveys carried out by INS over the past 12 years, including two general population censuses (2001 and 2012).

Co-Principal Investigator

Sani Oumarou

Mr. Sani Oumarou is an engineer in demographic statistics. He received a DESS in demography in 2002 from the Institut de Démographie de l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne in France. Currently, he is an Advisor to the Director General of the National Institute of Statistics of Niger (INS), a position he has held since February 2016. He has significant experience in household surveys, notably the Demographic and Health and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (DHS-MICS).