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Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1987 - 03/1987
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987 is part of phase 1 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Topics typically covered include population, education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. The Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka were excluded from this survey due to civil disturbances in the region. 

Keywords 
Adverse effects of medical treatments, Agriculture, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Counseling, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fishing, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Nurses, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Teachers, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022