NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Pakistan (PAK) Coverage type Country Time period covered 09/2006 - 02/2007 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: GPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeVerbal autopsy Summary The Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 is part of phase five 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 specifically also collected data about abortions, fistulas, malaria, maternal mortality, and verbal autopsies. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Agriculture, Ambulances, Analgesics, Anemia, Animal injuries, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Appetite loss, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood transfusions, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Calcium, Cancers, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Complete birth history, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Congestion, Contact with venomous animals and plants, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Death certificates, Decubitus ulcer, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disasters, Drownings, Drug consumption, Eclampsia, Edema, Education, Emergency contraception, Employment, Epilepsy, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fatigue, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, HIV and AIDS, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Heart disease, Hepatitis vaccines, Homicide, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Immunization, Incontinence, Indoor residual spraying, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Insecticide-treated bednets, Interpersonal violence, Iron supplements, Jaundice, Languages, Length of stay, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Measles, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neck pain, Neonatal conditions, Neonatal jaundice, Night blindness, Obstetric fistulas, Obstructed labor, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pain, Paralysis, Parental survival, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of death, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Schools, Seizures, Self-inflicted injuries, Self-treatment, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Stillbirths, Suffocation, Summary birth history, Telecommunications, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Ultrasound, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, Water supply Citation Contributors National Institute of Population Studies (Pakistan) Macro International, Inc Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation Macro International, Inc, National Institute of Population Studies (Pakistan). Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023