Survey ID Number
IND_2019_DHS_v01_M
Title
National Family Survey 2019-2021
Notes
The 2019-21 India National Family Survey covered the following topics:
- Household: socioeconomic characteristics; water, sanitation, and hygiene; water treatment; type of toilet facilities; type of cooking fuel; materials used for the floor, roof, and walls of the dwelling unit; ownership of various durable goods; health insurance coverage; land ownership; number of deaths in the household in the two years preceding the survey; and the ownership and use of mosquito nets.
- Woman: age, literacy, schooling, religion, caste/tribe, media exposure; children ever born, birth history, current pregnancy, pregnancy terminations; prevalence of hysterectomy; menstrual hygiene (for women age 15-24 years); knowledge and use of contraception, sources of contraceptive methods, information on family planning; contacts with community health workers; maternal and child health, breastfeeding, and nutrition; marriage and sexual activity; fertility preferences; husband’s background and woman’s work; women’s empowerment; HIV/AIDS; other health issues; and domestic violence.
- Man: man’s characteristics, media exposure, marriage, employment, presence at antenatal care visits, number of children, contraceptive knowledge and use, fertility preferences, nutrition, sexual behaviour, attitudes toward gender roles, HIV/AIDS, health issues, attitudes towards gender roles, tobacco and alcohol use, knowledge of tuberculosis, current morbidity (diabetes, asthma, goitre and other thyroid diseases, heart disease, cancer), and household decision making.
- Biomarker: measurements of height, weight, and haemoglobin levels for children; measurements of height, weight, waist and hip circumference, and haemoglobin levels for women age 15-49 years and men age 15-54 years; and blood pressure and random blood glucose levels for women and men age 15 years and over.