India Demographic and Health Survey - 2016

India
South Asia

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.

Study Website

Adolescents: 10,000+

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2015-2016; 2005-2006

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Minisry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India (MOHFW), Macro International, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), ICF International

Funders: USAID; UK Department for International Development (DFID); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; UNICEF; UNFPA; MacArthur Foundation; Government of India

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Marriage attitudes;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility;

Physical Health - Anthropometry, Nutrition;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Maternal health, Sexual behavior;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence;