SRI LANKA - Demographic and Health Survey - 1993

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Reference ID LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0
Year 1993
Country SRI LANKA
Producer(s) Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Sponsor(s) IDA/World Bank - - Funding
Collection(s)
Health
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Overview
Identification
Country
SRI LANKA
Title
Demographic and Health Survey - 1993

Study Type
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]

Series Information
The first comprehensive survey on fertility and family planning was conducted in 1975 by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). Since then the Department has conducted similar surveys in 1982, 1985, and 1987. The 1993 survey is therefore the fifth in the series. This sample survey is further intended to serve as a source of demographic data for comparison with earlier surveys, particularly with Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987, in order to understand the demographic changes over the recent past.

ID Number
LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0
Version
Version Description
v1.0 : Full edited dataset, for internal DPD use.

Production Date
2008-02-27
Overview
Abstract
The major objective of this survey was to provide up-to-date and accurate information on fertility, contraception, child mortality, child nutrition and health status of children.

This sample survey is further intended to serve as a source of demographic data for comparison with earlier surveys such as Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987 (DHS87) and Sri Lanka Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 1982 (CPS82). Such comparisons help to understand the demographic changes over a period of time.

Two types of questionnaires were used in the survey. ie (1) Household and (2) Individual.

Source : Report on Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1993 published in 1995

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
(1) Household

(2) Eligible women

(3) Children

Scope
Notes
The major objective of this survey was to provide up-to-date and accurate information on fertility, contraception, child mortality, child nutrition and health status of children. This information is intended to assist policy makers planners administrators and researchers in assessing and evaluating population and health programs as well as to plan new strategies for improving the health and well being of the population.

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
HEALTH [8] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The country has been stratified into nine zones on the basis of socio economic and ecological criteria for DHS87. The same zones were used without major changes. Although there are nine zones the survey was confined to seven excluding Northern and Eastern provinces; the few areas covered in Amparai district in the Eastern Province during DHS87 had to be excluded due to security reasons of the country.

Universe
The survey interviews were designed to obtain responses from all usual residents and any visitors who slept in the household the night before the interview. An eligible respondent was defined as an ever married woman aged 15 - 49 years who slept in the household the night before the interview.

Source : Report on Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1993 published in 1995

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) Ministry of Finance and Planning
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Health and Family Planning Project Ministry of Health
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
IDA/World Bank Funding
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Population Census Division and Data Processing Division, Department of Census and StatisticsDCSMinistry of Finance and PlanningConducting the survey
Date of Metadata Production
2008-02-27
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 (February 2008)

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-DHS-1993-v1.0

National Data Archive - Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.