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Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
CPH 2006/7
Provider 
Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka)
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2006 - 12/2007
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 is part of phase four of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series. Topics typically covered include fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, reproductive health, nutrition, anthropometric measurements, and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes. In addition to these topics, this survey collected information about malaria, drug and alcohol use, and some non-communicable diseases. 

A nationally representative sample of 19,872 households were surveyed. This included 14,692 ever-married women ages 15-49 and their children.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Alcohol use, Anemia, Anthropometry, Ascariasis, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Diarrhea, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care use, Heart disease, Height, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Housing materials, Hypertension, Illicit drug use, Immunization, Insecticide-treated bednets, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Malnutrition, Marital status, Maternal anthropometry, Measles vaccines, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Stroke, Summary birth history, Trichuriasis, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023