Sri Lanka demographic and health survey 2016

Department of, Census and Statistics

dc.contributor.author	Department of, Census and Statistics
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-07T09:00:52Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-07T09:00:52Z
dc.date.issued	2017-09
dc.identifier.citation	xxiv, 345p.	en_USmail
dc.identifier.isbn	9789557020532
dc.identifier.uri	http://repo.statistics.gov.lk/handle/1/1402
dc.description	A nationally representative sample of 28,720 housing units was selected for the survey and 27,210 households were enumerated to provide district level estimates. Detailed information was collected from all ever-married women aged 15- 49 years and about their children who born after January 2011. Within the households interviewed, a total of 18,510 eligible women were identified, of whom 18,302 successfully interviewed. Demographic and Health Surveys are normally designed to collect data on fertility	en_USmail
dc.description.abstract	The Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey (SLDHS) - 2016 was carried out by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) with the financial assistance from the Second Health Sector Development Project (SHSDP) - Component II of the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine in collaboration with the World Bank.The objective of conducting this survey is to gather the most needed recent data to monitor and evaluate the impact of population, health and nutrition programmes implemented by different government agencies. Additionally the survey aimed at measuring the impact of interventions made under the SHSDP in improving the quality and efficiency of health care services as a whole.	en_USmail
dc.description.sponsorship	Technical support for the survey was provided by ICF International (Inc.), USA.	en_USmail
dc.language.iso	en	en_USmail
dc.publisher	Department of census and statistics	en_USmail
dc.subject	DHS	en_USmail
dc.title	Sri Lanka demographic and health survey 2016	en_USmail
dc.type	Book	en_USmail