| Author(s) | 
                                                        Philippine Statistics Authority, Manila, Philippines ICF International, Rockville, Maryland, USA | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                        | Date | 
                                                        2014-08-01 | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                        | Country | 
                                                        Philippines | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                        | Language | 
                                                        English | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                        | Description | 
                                                        This report summarizes the findings of the 2013 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) carried out by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                        | Table of contents | 
                                                        TABLES AND FIGURES 
PREFACE 
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL INDICATORS 
MAP OF PHILIPPINES 
 
1 INTRODUCTION 
1.1 Background 
1.2 Objectives of the Survey 
1.3 Organization of the Survey 
1.4 Questionnaires 
1.5 Pretest 
1.6 Training and Fieldwork 
1.7 Data Processing 
1.8 Sample Design and Implementation 
 
2 HOUSEHOLD POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS 
2.1 Household Characteristics 
2.1.1 Drinking Water 
2.1.2 Household Sanitation Facilities 
2.1.3 Housing Characteristics 
2.2 Household Possessions 
2.3 Wealth Index 
2.4 Household Composition 
2.5 Household Population by Age and Sex 
2.6 Education of Household Population 
 
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS 
3.1 Characteristics of Women Respondents 
3.2 Mobility 
3.3 Educational Attainment 
3.4 Access to Mass Media and Internet 
3.5 Employment 
3.6 Occupation 
3.7 Type of Employment 
3.8 Health Insurance Coverage 
3.9 Use of Tobacco 
 
4 MARRIAGE AND EXPOSURE TO THE RISK OF PREGNANCY 
4.1 Current Marital Status 
4.2 Age at First Marriage 
4.3 Age at First Menstruation (Menarche) 
4.4 Age at First Sexual Intercourse 
4.5 Recent Sexual Activity 
 
5 FERTILITY 
5.1 Current Fertility 
5.2 Fertility Trends 
5.3 Children Ever Born and Living 
5.4 Birth Intervals 
5.5 Postpartum Amenorrhea, Abstinence, and Insusceptibility 
5.6 Menopause 
5.7 Age at First Birth 
5.8 Pregnancy and Motherhood among Youth 
 
6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES 
6.1 Desire for More Children 
6.2 Desire to Limit Childbearing by Background Characteristics 
6.3 Ideal Number of Children 
6.4 Fertility Planning 
6.5 Couple’s Consensus on Family Size 
 
7 FAMILY PLANNING 
7.1 Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods 
7.2 Current Use of Contraception 
7.3 Differentials in Contraceptive Use by Background Characteristics 
7.4 Trends in Current Use of Family Planning 
7.5 Timing of Sterilization 
7.6 Source of Modern Contraceptive Methods 
7.7 Cost of Family Planning Methods 
7.8 Informed Choice 
7.9 Knowledge of the Fertile Period 
7.10 Need for Family Planning Services 
7.11 Future use of Contraception 
7.12 Exposure to Family Planning Messages 
7.13 Contact of Nonusers with Family Planning Providers 
 
8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY 
8.1 Definitions and Concepts 
8.2 Data Quality 
8.3 Levels and Trends 
8.4 Socioeconomic Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality 
8.5 Demographic Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality 
8.6 Perinatal Mortality 
8.7 High-Risk Fertility Behavior 
 
9 MATERNAL HEALTH 
9.1 Antenatal Care 
9.1.1 Antenatal Care Coverage 
9.1.2 Components of Antenatal Care Services 
9.1.3 Tetanus Toxoid Injection 
9.2 Delivery Care 
9.2.1 Place of Delivery 
9.2.2 Delivery Assistance 
9.3 Post Natal Care 
9.4 Newborn Care 
9.5 Problems in Accessing Health Care 
 
10 CHILD HEALTH 
10.1 Child’s Weight at Birth 
10.2 Vaccination Coverage 
10.2.1 Full Immunization Coverage for Children Age 12-23 Months 
10.2.2 Vaccination Coverage by Background Characteristics 
10.2.3 Trends in Vaccination Coverage 
10.3 Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) 
10.4 Fever 
10.5 Diarrhea 
10.5.1 Prevalence of Diarrhea 
10.5.2 Diarrhea Treatment 
10.5.3 Feeding Practices during Diarrhea 
10.5.4 Knowledge of ORS Packets 
10.5.5 Disposal of Stools 
 
11 BREASTFEEDING AND MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION 
11.1 Breastfeeding 
11.1.1 Initial Breastfeeding 
11.1.2 Breastfeeding Status by Age 
11.1.3 Duration of Breastfeeding 
11.2 Micronutrient Intake among Children 
11.3 Micronutrient Intake among Mothers 
 
12 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR 
12.1 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS 
12.2 Specific Knowledge about AIDS 
12.3 Coverage of HIV Testing 
12.4 HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Behavior among Youth 
12.4.1 Knowledge of Condom Sources among Young Adults 
12.4.2 Age at First Sexual Intercourse among Young People 
12.4.3 Premarital Sexual Activity 
12.4.4 Cross-generational Sexual Partners 
12.4.5 Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing among Young Women 
 
13 HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION AND FINANCING 
13.1 Health Insurance Coverage 
13.2 Health Care Treatment 
13.3 Hospital Care 
13.4 Cost of Treatment 
 
14 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 
14.1 Employment and Form of Earnings 
14.2 Controls over Earnings 
14.2.1 Control over and Relative Magnitude of Women’s Earnings 
14.2.2 Women’s Control over their Own Earnings and Over those of their Husbands 
14.3 Ownership of Assets 
14.4 Participation in Decision Making 
14.5 Attitude toward Wife Beating 
14.6 Indicators of Women’s Empowerment 
14.7 Women’s Empowerment and Health Indicators 
 
15 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
15.1 Measurement of Violence 
15.2 Experience of Physical Violence 
15.3 Experience of Sexual Violence 
15.4 Experience of Different Forms of Violence 
15.5 Violence during Pregnancy 
15.6 Marital Control by Husband 
15.7 Spousal Violence 
15.8 Recent Experience of Spousal Violence 
15.9 Onset of Spousal Violence 
15.10 Consequences of Spousal Violence 
15.11 Violence Initiated by Women against their Spouse 
15.12 Help-Seeking Behavior by Women Who Experienced Violence 
 
REFERENCES 
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 
A.1 Introduction 
A.2 Sample Design 
A.3 Sample Implementation 
A.4 Sampling Weight 
 
ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS 
 
DATA QUALITY TABLES 
 
APPENDIX B 
APPENDIX C 
APPENDIX D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE 2013 NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 
QUESTIONNAIRES | 
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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