NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENS), El Salvador 2021; ENS 2021 Provider National Institute of Health (El Salvador)Tabulations only Geography El Salvador (SLV) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2021 - 06/2021 Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The El Salvador National Health Survey 2021 collected data on the health of children, adolescent, and women of reproductive age. The units of analysis for the ENS 2021 were households, women from 15 to 49 years of age, children from 0 to 4 years of age, and children and adolescents from 5 to 17 years old. Topics include health and education and the survey covers 16,500 households. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the survey from 2019 to 2021. Keywords 24HR dietary recall, Abortion, Age at first sex, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Assets, BCG vaccines, Behaviors, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child development, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dairy products, Dengue, Dental care, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Dietary supplements, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Hearing aids, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Land ownership, Languages, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Meat, Medical tests, Medicines, Menstruation, Milk, Miscarriage, Mobility aids, Multiple births, Neglected tropical diseases, Oral rehydration therapy, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Prostheses and implants, Rash, Refrigeration, Religion, Rotavirus vaccines, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Starchy vegetables, Stillbirths, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Symptoms, Telephones, Traditional birth control, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Whole grains, Zika, Zinc Citation Contributors General Directorate of Statistics and Census (DIGESTYC) (El Salvador) National Institute of Health (El Salvador) Suggested citation General Directorate of Statistics and Census (DIGESTYC) (El Salvador), National Institute of Health (El Salvador). El Salvador National Health Survey 2021. GHDx Entry last modified on: May 19, 2023