NFHS Project

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National Family Health Survey

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey providing information on fertility, infant and child mortality, the practice of family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, anemia, and utilization and quality of health and family planning services in India. This survey was conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. Since the first survey in 1992–1993, three rounds of the NFHS have been conducted. The specific goals of the survey are to provide essential data on health and family welfare, as needed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other agencies, for policy and program purposes and to provide information on important emerging health and family welfare issues. IIPS is the nodal agency responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for the survey. IIPS collaborated with several Field Organizations (FO) for survey implementation, and each FO was responsible for conducting survey activities in one or more states covered by the NFHS.

ORC Macro (USA) and other organizations provided technical assistance on specific issues related to the NFHS. USAID, DFID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA, and MOHFW, GOI, have funded the different rounds of the NFHS.

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The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. The NFHS is a collaborative project of the International Institute for Population Sciences(IIPS), Mumbai, India; ICF, Calverton, Maryland, USA and the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, designated IIPS as the nodal agency, responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for the NFHS. NFHS was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with supplementary support from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). IIPS collaborated with a number of Field Organizations (FO) for survey implementation. Each FO was responsible for conducting survey activities in one or more states covered by the NFHS. Technical assistance for the NFHS was provided by ICF and the East-West Center.

The First National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1) was conducted in 1992-93. The survey collected extensive information on population, health, and nutrition, with an emphasis on women and young children. Eighteen Population Research Centres (PRCs), located in universities and institutes of national repute, assisted IIPS in all stages of conducting NFHS-1. All the state-level and national-level reports for the survey have already been published (48 reports in all).

The Second National Family Health Survey (NFHS-2) was conducted in 1998-99 in all 26 states of India with added features on the quality of health and family planning services, domestic violence, reproductive health, anemia, the nutrition of women, and the status of women. The results of the survey are currently being published.

The Third National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) was carried out in 2005-2006. Eighteen Research Organizations including five Population Research Centres carried out the survey in 29 states of India. The funding for NFHS-3 is provided by USAID, DFID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA, and MOHFW, GOI., ICF (USA), is providing technical assistance for NFHS-3, and the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) are providing technical assistance for the HIV component. 

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-5

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/nfhs5.shtml

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Refer to the below link to get the information on India and State/UTs Fact Sheets 

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/factsheet_NFHS-5.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on District Fact sheets

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/districtfactsheet_NFHS-5.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on State and District Fact Sheet Compendiums

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/Factsheet_Compendium_NFHS-5.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on State Reports

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/NFHS-5_State_Report.shtml

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Refer to the below link to get the information on Biomarker

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS5/schedules/NFHS-5Biomarker.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on Household 

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS5/schedules/NFHS-5Household.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on Man's

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS5/schedules/NFHS-5Mans.pdf

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Refer to the below link to get the information of Manuals Biomarker

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS5/manuals/NFHS-5%20CAB%20Manual_Eng.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the Interviewer

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS5/manuals/NFHS-5%20Interviewer%20Manual_Eng.pdf

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Refer to the below link to get the information of NFHS-4

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/nfhs4.shtml

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Refer to the below link to get the information on National and State Fact Sheets NFHS-4

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/factsheet_NFHS-4.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on District Fact sheets NFHS-4

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/districtfactsheet_NFHS-4.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on National and State Reports of NFHS-4

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/NFHS-4Report.shtml

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Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Biomarker

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/schedules/NFHS-4Biomarker.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Household Questionnaire.

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/schedules/NFHS-4Household.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Mans Questionnaire

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/schedules/NFHS-4Mans.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Woman's Questionnaire

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/schedules/NFHS-4Womans.pdf

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Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Manuals Biomarker

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/manual/NFHS-4%20Biomarker%20Field%20Manual.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Manuals Supervisor

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/manual/NFHS-4%20Supervisor%20Manual.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Manuals Interviewer

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/manual/NFHS-4%20Interviewer%20Manual.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Agencies

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/Agencies/Selected%20Agencies%20for%20NFHS-4.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Pre-Test Report

http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS4/pdf/Final%20Pretest%20Report.pdf

Refer to the below link to get the information on the NFHS-4 Contact Us

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/NFHS4_contactus.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-3

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/nfhs3.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-3 Factsheet. 

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/factsheet.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-3 Factsheet. 

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/factsheet.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-3 Publications National and State Reports.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/report.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on Subject Reports of NFHS-4

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/sub_report.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-3 Seminar Presentations.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/sub_presentation.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-2.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/nfhs2.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-2 Publications.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/pub_nfhs-2.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information of NFHS-2.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/nfhs1.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information on NFHS-2 Publications.

http://rchiips.org/nfhs/pub_nfhs-2.shtml

Refer to the below link to get the information of Obtaining Data.

https://iipsindia.ac.in/content/data-request

The 2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) is the third in a series of national surveys; earlier NFHS surveys were carried out in 1992-93 (NFHS-1) and 1998-99 (NFHS-2). All three surveys were conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, with the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, serving as the nodal agency. ORC Macro, Calverton, Maryland, USA, provided technical assistance for all three NFHS surveys. NFHS-1 and NFHS-2 were funded by the United States Agency for International Development, with supplemental funding from UNICEF. NFHS-3 funding was provided by the United States Agency for International Development, the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Government of India. Assistance for the HIV component of the NFHS-3 survey was provided by the National AIDS Control Organisation and the National AIDS Research Institute. 

In NFHS-3, 18 research organisations conducted interviews with more than 230,000 women age 15-49 and men age 15-54 throughout India. NFHS-3 also tested more than 100,000 women and men for HIV and more than 200,000 adults and young children for anaemia. Fieldwork for NFHS-3 was conducted from December 2005 to August 2006.

SCOPE OF NFHS-3

NFHS-3, like NFHS-1 and NFHS-2, is a household survey which will provide estimates of indicators of population, health, and nutrition by background characteristics at the national and state levels. In NFHS-3, information is collected about households, and individual interviews are conducted with women age 15-49 and men age 15-54. NFHS-3 also includes height and weight measurement and blood tests for HIV and anaemia.

  1. SURVEY OBJECTIVES
  2. NFHS-3 SURVEY
SURVEY OBJECTIVES

Each successive round of the NFHS has had two specific goals: a) to provide essential data on health and family welfare needed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other agencies for policy and programme purposes, and b) to provide information on important emerging health and family welfare issues. To meet the first of these two aims, NFHS-3, like NFHS-1 and NFHS-2:

  •  Provides estimates of important family welfare and health indicators by background characteristics at the national and state levels; and

  •  Measures trends in family welfare and health indicators over time at the national and state levels

NFHS-3 also provides information on several new and emerging issues including:
  •   Perinatal mortality, male involvement in family welfare, adolescent reproductive health, high-risk sexual behaviour, family life education, safe injections, tuberculosis, and malaria;

  •   Family welfare and health conditions among slum and non-slum dwellers in eight cities (Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Meerut, Mumbai and Nagpur); and

  •   HIV prevalence for adult women and men at the national level, for Uttar Pradesh, and for five high HIV prevalence states, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, and Tamil Nadu.

SURVEY PROCESS

The survey process consists of establishing committees for guidance and consultation to the survey, including designing the sample, questionnaires, and survey procedures; selecting and training survey organizations, translating data into electronic data files, and preparation of reports.

SAMPLING

The sampling involved decisions about the sample size for interviews with women and men and for HIV tests to be carried out in each state and eight cities, and the procedure for drawing the samples.

QUESTIONNAIRES

Three different questionnaires are used for collecting household data and interviewing eligible women and men.

PROCEDURAL MANUALS

To maintain uniform survey procedures across the states and minimize non-sampling errors, eight different comprehensive manuals were prepared

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