The DHS Program

Survey Summary

Nicaragua: Standard DHS, 1998

DHS Final Reports	FR100 Nicaragua 1998 DHS Final Report (Spanish) PDF, 6959K
Summary Reports/Key Findings	SR74 Nicaragua 1998 Summary Report (Spanish) PDF, 3747K

Survey Datasets
Data Available

HIV Testing
Not Collected

GPS Datasets
Not Collected

SPA Datasets
Not Applicable

Country:	Nicaragua
Contract Phase:	DHS-III
Recode Structure:	DHS-III
Implementing Organization:	Inst. Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos
Fieldwork:	December 1997 - May 1998
Status:	Completed

Survey Characteristics

Alcohol consumption ‹Questions asking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Can be asked of women and/or men.
Anthropometry
Calendar ‹The DHS calendar is a month by month history of certain key reproductive and contraceptive key events in the life of the woman respondent for the 5 years preceding the interview.
Domestic violence ‹A set of questions on lifetime experience of domestic violence. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men.
HIV behavior ‹Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.

HIV knowledge ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
Men's survey ‹Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.
Migration ‹Questions asking individuals about their prior residences if they have moved since birth. Can be asked of women and/or men.
Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
Women's status ‹Questions asking individuals about decision-making, ownership of house/land, use of banks, and other related questions. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.