Household Health Survey - 1991

Sri Lanka, 1991

Reference ID

LKA_1991_HHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Department of Census and Statistics

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Identification

Survey ID number

LKA_1991_HHS_v01_M

Title

Household Health Survey - 1991

Abbreviation or Acronym

HHS 1991

Country

Name	Country code
Sri Lanka	LKA

Study type

Other Household Health Survey [hh/hea]

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household, Individuals

Version

Version Description

v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Version Date

2009-04-28

Scope

Notes

The scope of HHS 1991 includes the following key sections:-

                                            1). Demographic characteristics
                                            2). Information on Social Conditions & Health of the Household Members
                                            3). Availability of Health Services
                                            4). Utilization of Maternal and Child health Services
                                            5). Preventive Care
                                            6). Housing and Other Facilities
                                            7). Information of the Property Ownership

Identification and demographic Information

Address
Province
District
D.S. Division
Name of MC/UC
G. N. Division
Name of Village
Name of Estate
Primary Sample Unit Number
Serial Number of Housing Unit
Survey Month
Number of households
Name of the Head of the household
Interviewer's & Supervising Office
Demographic Characteristics
Personal Information
Individual's economic activities ( for persons 10 and above )
Total land area owned and or cultivated by any member/s of household(including boarders, lodgers and servants)

Expenditure

Daily consumption on Food, Drink and Tobacco
( Cereals, Prepared foods, Pulses, Vegetables, Leafy Vegetables, Yams & other, Meat, Fish, Dried fish, Eggs,
Coconuts, Condiments, Other foods, Milk and milk foods, Fats and Oils, Sugar, Jeggery and Treacle,
Dried foods, Canned Fruits, Confectioner and Short eats, Beverages-Non alcoholic, Liquor, Drugs and
Tobacco)
Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non-durable goods, Services and Consumer durables for
main Household ( Housing, Fuel and Light, Personal care expenses, Health expenses, Transport fees,
Maintenance of private Vehicles ,Communication, Education, Recreation entertainment, Non durable household
goods, Household services, Clothing and Textiles, Foot wear and other personal affects, Durable household
goods, Other expenses, Other ad-hoc expenses)
Expenditure on Housing, Fuel & Light, Non-durable goods, Services & Consumer durables for boarders &
domestic servants.

Income

Income from paid employment/s during last four weeks/ last calendar month
Income from agricultural activities - (Paddy, Other seasonal crops)
Income from other agricultural activities.
Income From Non- agricultural activities
Income from Other cash receipt during last calendar month / last 12 month
Income by Chance or ad-hoc gains during last 12 months
Income in kind during last calendar month

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
HEALTH [8]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage.

Universe

For this survey a sample of buildings and the occupants therein was drawn from the whole island

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Department of Census and Statistics	Ministry of Finance and Planning

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation
Government of Sri Lanka	GOSL

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
1991-07-01

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Department of Census and Statistics	Ministry of Finance and Planning	DCS

Data appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error

Refer the pages 7 to 10 of the final report attached in the External Resources section.

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
Director General	Department of Census and Statistics	http//:www.statistics.gov.lk	dgcensus@statistics.gov.lk

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	Under the Statistical ordinance, micro data cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census/Statistical ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential.

Access conditions

The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.
The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.
No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department

The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.

• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to
the terms stipulated in the agreement form.

• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG, DCS. DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.

• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.

• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.

• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.

• The released Data file should be used only for the specific study/Analysis mentioned in the agreement form and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior approval of the Director General of the DCS. Moreover, Copies of the micro-data file, obtained from the DCS, shall not be given to anyone else without the prior written approval of the Director General of the DCS.

• The draft report of the Study/Analysis should be submitted to the DCS and the concurrence of the DG, DCS, should be obtained before publishing it. Once published, a copy of the final report should be submitted to the DCS.

[Department : The Department of Census and Statistics]
Source : http://www.statistics.gov.lk/databases/data%20dissemination/DataDissaPolicy_2007Oct26.pdf

Citation requirements

"Department of Census and Statistics, Household Health Survey 1991[HHS 91], Version 1.0 of the public use dataset, April 2009, provided by the National Data Archive, Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk"

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The Department of Census and Satatistics bears no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Information Unit	Department of Census and Statistics	information@statistic.gov.lk	http//:www.statistics.gov.lk
Sample Survey Division	Department of Census and Statistics	Sample.survey@statistic.gov.lk	http//:www.statistics.gov.lk

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LKA_1991_HHS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Department of Census and Statistics	DCS	Ministry of Finance & Planning	Data Collection

Date of Metadata Production

2009-04-28

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to DDI-LKA-DCS-HHS-1991-v1.0 downloaded from http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/30 on 2023-09-01.
Edited fields: studyIDNo and DDI document IDNo.

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