Survey Summary

Brazil: Standard DHS, 1986
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Brazil
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Sociedad Civil Bem-Estar Familiar no Brasil (BEMFAM)
Fieldwork: May 1986 - August 1986
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 8408
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 44
Sample Size: 5892
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Abortion ‹Questions asking women about pregnancies that ended in an abortion. Includes pregnancy histories where abortion is mentioned as an outcome or when a question such as "Did you or someone else do something to end this pregnancy?" is used.
  • Anthropometry
  • Cervical cancer screening questions ‹Questions asking women if they have been screened for cervical cancer. In DHS-8, these questions are included in the core questionnaire and additional questions are included in the chronic diseases module.
  • Paper survey ‹Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.
  • Social marketing ‹Questions asking individuals about the brands of condoms and pills used by respondents to identify the social marketing brands used in the country. Condom brands can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Tobacco use ‹Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.

Footnotes:
Data collected for women 15-44