Features
Abortion
Abortion Questions asking women about pregnancies that ended in an abortion. Includes pregnancy histories where abortion is mentioned as an outcome or when a question such as "Did you or someone else do something to end this pregnancy?" is used. |
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Alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption Questions asking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Anemia questions
Anemia questions Questions about anemia and the treatment of anemia. This does not include anemia testing which is recorded as a biomarker. Can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Asthma
Asthma Questions asking individuals if they have asthma. Can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Causes of death
Causes of death Questions asking about cause of death but not a full verbal autopsy. See also the verbal autopsy module and the accident and injury module. |
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Cooking fuel
Cooking fuel A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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Health expenditures
Health expenditures Questions asking about the cost of healthcare services and/or healthcare items usually at the individual level. Can be asked of women and/or men. See also the out-of-pocket expenditures module which is asked at the household level. |
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HIV knowledge
HIV knowledge Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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Iodine salt test
Iodine salt test Household salt tested for the presence of iodine. |
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Micronutrients
Micronutrients Questions asking which foods and drinks were consumed by children in the 24 hours prior to the survey. |
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Paper survey
Paper survey Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office. |
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Prenatal care - folic acid
Prenatal care - folic acid Questions asking women if they took folic acid supplements during the pregnancy for her last live birth. |
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Social marketing
Social marketing Questions asking individuals about the brands of condoms and pills used by respondents to identify the social marketing brands used in the country. Condom brands can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Tobacco use
Tobacco use Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Tuberculosis questions
Tuberculosis questions Questions asking individuals about their knowledge and attitudes about tuberculosis. Can be asked of women and/or men. |
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Vitamin A questions
Vitamin A questions Questions on whether a child received a vitamin A dose recently, or whether the mother received a dose after a delivery. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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Women's status
Women's status Questions asking individuals about decision-making, ownership of house/land, use of banks, and other related questions. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire. |
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