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Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018

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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 
10/2017 - 03/2018
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 2017-18 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), is part of Phase 7 of the DHS series; a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey series. 20,127 ever-married women ages 15-49 were interviewed from a sample size of 19,457 households. The 2017-18 BDHS used six types of questionnaires: (1) the Household Questionnaire, (2) the Woman’s Questionnaire (completed by ever-married women age 15-49), (3) the Biomarker Questionnaire, (4) two verbal autopsy questionnaires to collect data on causes of death among children under age 5, (5) the Community Questionnaire, and (6) the Fieldworker Questionnaire.

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GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 15, 2025