NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Nepal (NPL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/1996 - 06/1996 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 1996, is part of phase 3 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series, a comprehensive, nationally representative household survey. Topics commonly covered in DHS include education, health, nutrition, family planning and household characteristics. Out of 8,500 households selected, 8,082 interviews of ever-married women age 14-19 were successfully completed. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adult mortality, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Agriculture, Anemia, Antenatal care, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Night blindness, Nutrition, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sibling survival [Do not use], Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight Citation Contributors Macro International, Inc New ERA Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal) Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation Macro International, Inc, Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal), New ERA. Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 1996. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023