Sri Lanka - Demographic and Health Survey - 2000
Reference ID | LKA-DCS-DHS-2000-v1.0 |
Year | 2000 |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Producer(s) | Department of Census and Statistics - Ministry of Finance and Planning |
Sponsor(s) | World Bank - - Providing Funds |
Collection(s) | |
Metadata |
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Created on | Jun 02, 2009 |
Last modified | Sep 07, 2014 |
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Overview
Identification
ID Number LKA-DCS-DHS-2000-v1.0 |
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.Production Date
2008-03-13Overview
Abstract
The primary objective of the survey is to provide up-to-date and reliable information on fertility, mortality, family planning, child nutrition, health status of children and also to asses the awareness about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, the knowledge of how it is transmiited and the preventive measures to avoid getting infected. This information is very much needed by the policy makers, planners, administrators and researchers in assesing and evaluating health programmes as well as to plan new stratergies for improving the health and well being of the population. The data obtained through this survey could be used for comparison with the data from surveys of similar types, such as Demographic and Health Surveys of 1993 and 1987, Contraceptive Prevalence Survey - 1982 and the World Fertility Survey of 1975 and to analyse the trends of important demographic and health characteristics over time.Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]Units of Analysis
(1) Woman(2) Household
Scope
Notes
The scope of DHS 2000 includes the following key sections:-1. Demographic Information
(age, sex, marital status and relationship to the head of the household)
2. Individual Information
i. Respondent's background
ii. Reproduction
iii. Contraception
iv. Health of children and mother
v. Marriage
vi. Fertility Preferences
vii. Husband's background and work
viii. AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
ix. Height/Length and weight of children aged 3-56 months.
Topics
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
48,526 housing units were listed in all the seven zones and out of this, 8636 housing units were selected for enumeration. 8765 households were identified during the enumeration and interviews were completed in 8169 households.Of the 6,601 women, identified as eligible respondents from the 8169 households. 6385 women were interviewed fully.
Universe
The survey covered all household members, all women in the reproductive age group (15-49 years), working age population (15-64 yeras), Elderly population (>= 65 years ) and children below 18 years.Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
Name | Affiliation |
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Department of Census and Statistics | Ministry of Finance and Planning |
Funding
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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World Bank | Providing Funds |
Other Acknowledgements
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Dr. A. T. P. L. Abeykoon | Ministry of Health | Guidance |
Mr. A. G. W. Nanayakkara | Department of Census & Statistics | Project Director |
Mr. S. Madurapperuma | Department of Census & Statistics | Project Manager |
Mr. S. Sangarapillai | Department of Census & Statistics | Project Coordinator |
Mr. R. Balakrishnan | Department of Census & Statistics | Direction for field work |
Dr. C. Piyasena | Medical Research Institute | Training the measurers |
Ms. S. Ukwatte | University of Colombo | Training the interviewers |
Dr. A. Jayasekera | Ministry of Health | Training the interviewers |
Dr. H. de Silva | Ministry of Health | Training the interviewers |
Ms. Soma de Silva | UNICEF | Providing measuring equipment, test kit for iodine test |
Ms. S. V. Nanayakkara | Data Processing Division - DCS | Direction for data entry & computer editing |
Mr. S. Perera | Data Processing Division - DCS | Supervision for data entry & computer editing |
The Staff | Research and Special Studies Division - DCS | Questionnnaire Design, Training of interviewers, Manual editing and coding of completed schedules |
The Staff | Research and Special Studies Division - DCS | Computer tabulations, Preparation of preliminary and final reports |
Mr. R. Balakrishnan & the Staff | Publication Division | Covered the Tamil component |
Mr. W. C. Weerawansa | Department of Census and Statistics | Computer type setting of the questionnaire |
Mr. T. Thanapalasingam | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Ms. S. Vidyaratne | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Ms. A. P. de Silva | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Ms. Indu Bandara | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Mr. H. R. Gunasekara | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Mr. S. Madurapperuma | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Mr. Gamini de Silva | Department of Census and Statistics | Writing Chapters of the Report |
Dr. A. T. P. L. Abekoon | Ministry of Health | Writing Executive Summary |
Dr. A. T. P. L. Abekoon | Ministry of Health | Edited the Final Report |
Mr. A. G. W. Nanayakkara | Department of Census and Statistics | Edited the Final Report |
The Staff | Accounts Division - Department of Census and Statistics | Supporting Services |
The Staff | Transport Division - Department of Census and Statistics | Supporting Services |
The Staff | Stores Division - Department of Census and Statistics | Supporting Services |
The Staff | Library - Department of Census and Statistics | Supporting Services |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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Department of Census and Statistics | DCS | Ministry of Finance and Planning | Production of reference material |
Data Processing Division | DPD | Department of Census and Statistics | Conversion to DDI |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-03-13DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 (March 2008). Initial versionDDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-DHS-2000-v1.0