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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Demographic and Health Surveys Phase III. Model "A" questionnaire with

commentary for high contraceptive prevalence countries.

AUTHORS

Macro International. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]

SOURCE

Calverton, Maryland, Macro International, 1995 Dec. vi, 83 p. DHS-III Basic

Documentation No. 1

ABSTRACT

This document is the result of a systematic review of the Demographic and Health Surveys questionnaire undertaken

in preparation for the third round of surveys. This version, complete with commentary, was designed for use in

countries with a high contraceptive prevalence. It includes the use of a calendar and solicits greater detail about

contraception. A description of the purpose of the household schedule (as well as a reproduction of the

questionnaire) precedes the actual text of the questionnaire for high prevalence countries. Section 1 elicits

information on the respondent's background (including childhood residence, mobility, age, education, exposure to

media, religion, ethnicity, and household characteristics of women who are only temporarily resident). Section 2

covers topics related to reproduction, including lifetime fertility, birth history (designated to be the heart of the survey),

current and recent pregnancy history, menstruation, and knowledge of the ovulatory cycle. Section 3 deals with

contraception knowledge, usage, sources, reasons for nonuse, and breast feeding for contraception. Section 4

gathers data on pregnancy and breast feeding, such as fertility planning, prenatal care, tetanus immunization,

delivery and complications, size of newborns, postpartum amenorrhea and sexual abstinence, and infant feeding.

Section 5 solicits information on marital status, date and age of marriage, sexual activity, and condom use. Section

6 looks at fertility preferences such as reproductive intentions, ideal number of children, approval of contraception,

mass media, and husband's attitude toward family planning. Section 7 covers husband's age, education, and

employment status as well as women's employment and earnings. This section also looks at child care and

residential mobility. Section 8 contains questions regarding AIDS, such as knowledge of the disease and its

prevention and perceptions of risk and risk reduction behavior. The final set of questions provide data on the

measurement of the height and weight of young children and their mothers as well as on immunization status. This

document ends with a copy of a form to be used by interviewers, supervisors and editors for their observations and a

copy of the calendar on which certain data are to be recorded. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2519-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Demographic and Health Surveys Phase III. Model "A"

questionnaire with commentary for high contraceptive prevalence countries.", is(are) Macro International.

Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]. The source of this article is "Calverton, Maryland, Macro International, 1995

Dec. vi, 83 p. DHS-III Basic Documentation No. 1". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2519-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7519

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