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Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Nepal (NPL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
06/2016 - 01/2017
Series or system 
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
DHS Related Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017 is part of phase 7 of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) series, a nationally representative household survey series. Topics commonly covered in DHS include: child and maternal health, family planning, nutrition, health behaviors, health care access, health care use, and immunization. For the 2016-2017 Nepal DHS, 12,862 women and 4,063 men age 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 11,040 households. In addition to demographic and health questions, anthropometric measurements were taken for men, women and children under 5, blood tests were conducted for the presence of anemia in women and children ages 6-59 months, and blood pressure measurements were taken for men and women.

Keywords 
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GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 19, 2025