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Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Pakistan (PAK)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
12/1990 - 05/1991
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 is part of phase two of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. The DHS typically covers population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. This round included anthropometric measurements.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vomiting, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jun 9, 2023