NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Nepal (NPL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2001 - 06/2001 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalGPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2001 is part of phase 4 of the Nepal 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. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Dietary protein, Disasters, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Folic acid supplements, Food industry, Fruits and vegetables, Genital prolapse, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Intentional injuries, International migration, Intimate partner violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Japanese encephalitis vaccines, Land ownership, Legumes, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Loans, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Male infertility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal health, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Night blindness, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Poverty, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Secondhand smoke, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, 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 2001. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 2, 2023