NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Pesquisa Nacional Sobre Demografia e Saúde 1996 Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Brazil (BRA) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/1996 - 06/1996 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Brazil National Demographic and Health Survey (PNDS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary Part of phase 3 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Complete birth history, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, Counseling, DTP vaccines, Death certificates, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Food industry, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Nutrition, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of death, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight Citation Contributors Macro International, Inc Brazilian Society for Family Welfare (BEMFAM) Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) World Bank Publisher ICF International Suggested citation Brazilian Society for Family Welfare (BEMFAM), Macro International, Inc. Brazil Demographic and Health Survey 1996. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 11, 2024