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Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Bangladesh (BGD)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1996 - 03/1997
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

Part of the third phase of the DHS series, the 1996-1997 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey was a nationally representtive household interview survey. With a sampling frame based on the 1991 Population and Housing Census, the survey also provides estimates subnationally and for rural and urban areas separately. This DHS used four questionnaires:

  • A household questionnaire collected background information and determined eligibility.
  • A women’s questionnaire for ever-married women age 10-49 covered topics such as reproductive and birth histories, health literacy, maternal care, and children’s immunizations.
  • A men’s questionnaire for currently married men age 15-49 that covered many of the same topics as the women's questionnaire, with the omissions of maternal care and birth history.
  • A community questionnaire with questions about income-generating activities and the availability of health care services.
Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Agriculture, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Secondhand smoke, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing materials, IUDs, Injectable contraceptives, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Nonprofits, Oral rehydration therapy, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Sanitation, Schools, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tourism, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022