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Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011-2012

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Bangladesh (BGD)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
07/2011 - 01/2012
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
DHS Related Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The Bangladesh 2011-2012 DHS was the sixth DHS conducted in Bangladesh. The sample included 18,000 households; interviews were successfully completed for 17,141 households, 17,842 women ages 12-49, and 3,997 men ages 15-54. Fieldwork occurred in 2011, but revisits were conducted in January 2012 to collect blood samples. The survey included tests for anemia, blood glucose, and blood pressure; it also included a verbal autopsy component for the deaths of children in the last five years. The community portion of the survey included questions about availability and accessibility of health services.

Keywords 
Abortion, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Education, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Glucose tests, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health literacy, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis vaccines, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Neonatal conditions, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Verbal autopsy, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 19, 2025