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Demographic and Health Survey 1987

Thailand, 1987
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THA_1987_DHS_v01_M
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Institute of Population Studies (IPS)
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Thailand Demographic And Health Survey 1987 - Household Questionnaire
Author(s) Institute of Population Studies (IPS)
Date 1987-03-01
Country Thailand
Language English
Contributor(s) Institute for Resource Development (IRD)
Description The household questionnaire was used to list every member of the household who usually lives in the household and as well as visitors who slept in the household the night before the interviewer's visit. Information contained in the household questionnaire are age, sex, marital status, and education for each member (the last two items were asked only to members aged 13 and over). The head of the household or the spouse of the head of the household was the preferred respondent for the household questionnaire. However, if neither was available for interview, any adult member of the household was accepted as the respondent. Information from the household questionnaire was used to identify eligible women for the individual interview. To be eligible, a respondent had to be an ever-married woman aged 15-49 years old who had slept in the household 'the previous night'.

Prior evidence has indicated that when asked about current age, Thais are as likely to report age at next birthday as age at last birthday (the usual demographic definition of age). Since the birth date of each household number was not asked in the household questionnaire, it was not possible to calculate age at last birthday from the birthdate. Therefore a special procedure was followed to ensure that eligible women just under the higher boundary for eligible ages (i.e. 49 years old) were not mistakenly excluded from the eligible woman sample because of an overstated age. Ever-married women whose reported age was between 50-52 years old and who slept in the household the night before birthdate of the woman, it was discovered that these women (or any others being interviewed) were not actually within the eligible age range of 15-49, the interview was terminated and the case disqualified. This attempt recovered 69 eligible women who otherwise would have been missed because their reported age was over 50 years old or over.
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Thailand Demographic And Health Survey 1987 - Individual Questionnaire
Author(s) Institute of Population Studies (IPS)
Date 1987-03-01
Country Thailand
Language English
Contributor(s) Institute for Resource Development (IRD)
Description The questionnaire administered to eligible women was based on the DHS Model A Questionnaire for high contraceptive prevalence countries. The individual questionnaire has 8 sections:
- Respondent's background
- Reproduction
- Contraception
- Health and breastfeeding
- Marriage
- Fertility preference
- Husband's background and woman's work
- Heights and weights of children and mothers

The questionnaire was modified to suit the Thai context. As noted above, several questions were added to the standard DHS core questionnaire not only to meet the interest of IPS researchers hut also because of their relevance to the current demographic situation in Thailand. The supplemental questions are marked with an asterisk in the individual questionnaire. Questions concerning the following items were added in the individual questionnaire:
- Did the respondent ever experience a miscarriage or abortion? If so, how many? Educational attainment and expectations for each of respondent's living children age 6 or above.
- Did the respondent ever use contraception subsequent to marriage and prior to first pregnancy? If so, how long after marriage did she first use contraception?
- Information on whether or not users of oral contraceptives forgot to take the pill any time during the last month and if so, how many times.
- Information on the type and timing of first contraceptive method used since last birth including a probe on whether contraceptive use was initiated prior to or subsequent to the return of menses
- The place of the respondent's last delivery.
- Whether the respondent's marriage was registered; whether the marriage was marked by a ceremony.
- Did the couple live with any set of parents following marriage? If so, with whose parents did the couple reside following marriage?
- Does the respondent consider a lower high school education sufficient for young people nowadays?
- Secondary occupation of husband.
- Information on respondent's current work, employment status and type of payment.
- Height and weight of mothers of children 3-36 months of age.
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Thailand Demographic And Health Survey 1987 - Community Questionnaire
Author(s) Institute of Population Studies (IPS)
Date 1987-03-01
Country Thailand
Language English
Contributor(s) Institute for Resource Development (IRD)
Description TDHS community questionnaire was based on the model DHS community questionnaire. Again it was modified to suit the situation in Thailand. The community survey was conducted in all 192 sample clusters (villages) of rural areas but not in urban areas. The community questionnaire focuses on information on village characteristics, accessibility to health and family planning services, and availability to public services nearest to the cluster.
The community was defined according to official administrative boundaries. A group interview was used as the mode of data collection for the community survey. The interview was conducted by the team supervisor. The respondents were a group of community leaders (typically 3-5 persons). Persons qualifying as respondents included current or former village headmen, or their assistants, village health volunteers, village health communicators, members of existing associations (groups) in the village, and other village leaders who have been residing in the community for five years or more. Visits were also made to all government health and family planning service outlets within a 30 kilometer radius from the cluster to collect information from the personnel about services.


The questionnaire was modified to suit the Thai context. As noted above, several questions were added to the standard DHS core questionnaire not only to meet the interest of IPS researchers hut also because of their relevance to the current demographic situation in Thailand. The supplemental questions are marked with an asterisk in the individual questionnaire. Questions concerning the following items were added in the individual questionnaire:
- Did the respondent ever experience a miscarriage or abortion? If so, how many? Educational attainment and expectations for each of respondent's living children age 6 or above.
- Did the respondent ever use contraception subsequent to marriage and prior to first pregnancy? If so, how long after marriage did she first use contraception?
- Information on whether or not users of oral contraceptives forgot to take the pill any time during the last month and if so, how many times.
- Information on the type and timing of first contraceptive method used since last birth including a probe on whether contraceptive use was initiated prior to or subsequent to the return of menses
- The place of the respondent's last delivery.
- Whether the respondent's marriage was registered; whether the marriage was marked by a ceremony.
- Did the couple live with any set of parents following marriage? If so, with whose parents did the couple reside following marriage?
- Does the respondent consider a lower high school education sufficient for young people nowadays?
- Secondary occupation of husband.
- Information on respondent's current work, employment status and type of payment.
- Height and weight of mothers of children 3-36 months of age.
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Reports
Thailand Demographic And Health Survey 1987 - Final Report
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subtitle Final report
Author(s) Institute of Population Studies (IPS)
Date 1988-05-01
Country Thailand
Language English
Contributor(s) Institute for Resource Development (IRD)
Description The report summarizes the findings of the Thailand Demographic And Health Survey 1987, which was conducted by the Institute of Population Studies (IPS). Institute for Resource Development (IRD) provided technical assistance. Funding was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The THADHS is part of the worldwide Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, which is designed to collect data on fertility, family planning, and maternal and child health.
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