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Pakistan National Health Survey 1990-1994

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
National Health Survey of Pakistan NHSP
Geography 
Pakistan (PAK)
Time period covered 
02/1990 - 08/1994
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this study was to gather data on the health status, and health care use of people throughout Pakistan in order to inform policy. The study also aimed to research specific groups such as children under five years old, married women in reproductive age brackets, and persons over 60 years old.

This study collected information through a household interview and a health exam. The household took place in-person, in the home. The questionnaire asked about sociodemographics, the condition of the home, behaviors, personal health, and health care use. The health exam was performed in a mobile center and included an interview and a physical exam. The questionnaire asked about a range of personal health topics including tobacco use. The exam included height, weight, vision, breathing, and blood pressure. Blood, urine, and stool samples were also collected.

The sample size for this survey was 2,395 households in urban and rural areas.

Keywords 
Anemia, Anthropometry, Ascariasis, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Cataracts, Child anthropometry, Children, Cholesterol, Chronic respiratory diseases, Corrective lenses, Dental caries, Dentists, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diet, Disability, Edentulism, Education, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Fruits, Health care use, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Hookworm disease, Hygiene, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Legumes, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Malnutrition, Marriage age, Measles vaccines, Milk, Obesity, Oral hygiene, Oral rehydration therapy, Physical examinations, Physicians, Self-treatment, Skilled birth attendants, Starchy vegetables, Stool tests, Symptoms, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Trichuriasis, Unintentional injuries, Unprocessed red meat, Urine tests, Vegetables, Vision loss, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021