| Description |
The Guidelines for the Main Survey Report (also known as the Tabulation Plan) provides model tables that set forth the major findings of a survey in a manner that will be useful to policy makers and program managers. The data are presented in terms of national level statistics and for population subgroups such as those defined by age, education, marital status, economic status, urban/rural residence and region of the country. When appropriate to a topic, further data disaggregations are shown.
The Guidelines complement the 2005 versions of the DHS Model Survey Questionnaires. Those survey instruments are substantially longer than previous model DHS Questionnaires, primarily because they incorporate topics formerly addressed in separate modules—topics such as malaria, HIV prevalence, information on orphans and vulnerable children, and support for chronically ill household members. Accordingly, this is an expanded version of previous DHS Guidelines and consists of nearly 250 tables contained in 16 substantive chapters. |
