Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1987 - March, 1987
Series or system
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
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Suggested citation
Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka), Westinghouse; Institute for Resource Development. Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 1987. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International.