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)

Health

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Overview

Identification

Country

Sri Lanka

Title

Demographic and Health Survey - 2000

Study Type

Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]

Series Information

The Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2000 is the sixth in the series of surveys conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics since 1975 to collect data on fertility, family planning and other reproductive health information.

ID Number

LKA-DCS-DHS-2000-v1.0

Version

Version Description

v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Production Date

2008-03-13

Overview

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
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
Department of Census and Statistics	Ministry of Finance and Planning

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
World Bank		Providing Funds

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
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
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

2008-03-13

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (March 2008). Initial version

DDI Document ID

DDI-LKA-DCS-DHS-2000-v1.0