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Reproductive Health Survey 2005

Lao PDR, 2005
Reference ID
LAO_2005_RHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics (DoS)
Metadata
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Sep 29, 2011
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  • Identification
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LAO_2005_RHS_v01_M
    Title

    Reproductive Health Survey 2005
    Country
    Name Country code
    Lao PDR LAO
    Study type

    Other Household Health Survey [hh/hea]
    Series Information

    The Lao Reproductive Health Survey 2005 (LRHS 2005) is the third reproductive health survey, previously conducted around 1994 (LRHS1) and 2000 (LRHS2).
    Abstract

    The purpose of the Lao Reproductive Health Survey 2005 is to provide up to date information on the demographic situation and reproductive health knowledge and practices such as: levels, preferences and determinants of fertility; contraceptive knowledge, prevalence and unmet needs; antennal care, place of delivery and type of assistant during birth; breast feeding practices; and knowledge of sexually transmitted infection (STIs) and HIV/AIDS.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Households
    • Women 15 to 49 years old
    • Men 15 to 49 years old

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National
    Universe

    All private households, all women aged 15-49 in private households, and all men aged 15-59 year old in private households.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Department of Statistics (DoS) Ministry for Planning and Investment
    Producers
    Name Role
    Ministry of Heath Collaboration
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Unirted Nations Population Fund Sponsor
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Role
    Demographic Institute of the University of Indonesia Technical support
    External consultant Technical support
    Mother and Child Health Center Collaboration

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Coverage and Sample Design

    The LRHS 2005 is a nationally representative sample survery, with 21 600 household chosen as respondents, from which eligible women aged 15 to 49 years and men aged 15 to 59 years, regardless of their marital status, were selected for detailed interview. A two-stage stratified cluster sample covering 16 provinces, the capital and special zone was applied in survey. The 2005 census household list was used as the sampling frame.

    The first stage of sample selection was to select 40 sample villages, using SPPS method. The second stage was to select households in the villages selected in the first stage. Within each selected villages, a fixed number of 30 households were selected using systematic random sampling. Thus, each province had about 1 200 households for the 2005 survey. The sampling covered Urban and Rural areas.
    Response Rate

    Response rate for households, women and men are relatively high and close to 100 percent.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The survey questionnaires used in the LRHS 2005 are almost identical to the LRHS 2000. The earlier survey questionnaires were adapted from the 1994 Lao Fertility and Spacing Survey and the 1997 Mongolia Reproductive Health Survey. In many ways, the questionnaires resemble the International Standard of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The questionnaires have been adjusted for the local situation.

    As with the earlier survey, the LRHS 2005 questionnaires consist of three different parts, which are the:

    • Household Questionnaire,
    • Women’s Questionnaire and
    • Men’s Questionnaire.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2005-10 2005-10
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Department of Statistics Ministry for Planning and Investment

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Refer to Sampling design (Social Statistics Division, DoS).

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    Director General Department of Statistics (DoS) www.nsc.gov.la
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes The Statistics Law of Lao PDR guarantees that identities of respondents are kept confidential. Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor.
    Access conditions

    Authorization to use this data is granted to designated individuals in the concerned division of the Department of Statistics (DoS). Under no circumstances shall the authorized user reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in the DoS.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Deputy Director Services Division, Department of Statistics nscit@etllao.com www.nsc.gov.la

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WB_LAO_2005_RHS_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Role
    World Bank, Development Economics Data Group Generation of DDI documentation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2011-06-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0: (June 2011)
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