Brazil Demographic and Health Survey 1991
General Info
Original or alternative title
Pesquisa sobre Saúde Familiar no Nordeste Brasil 1991
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
August, 1991 - December, 1991
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative
Summary
Part of phase 2 of the DHS series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics.
Keywords
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Analgesics, Anemia, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Clinical breast exams, Complete birth history, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Fever, Gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Immunization, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Multiple births, Oral rehydration therapy, Physical examinations, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Syphilis, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichomoniasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
Citation
Publisher
Suggested citation
Brazilian Society for Family Welfare (BEMFAM), Macro International, Inc. Brazil Demographic and Health Survey 1991. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.