Survey Summary

Cambodia: Standard DHS, 2005
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Country: Cambodia
Contract Phase: DHS-V
Recode Structure: DHS-V
Implementing Organization: Ministry of Planning/National Institute of Statistics
Fieldwork: September 2005 - March 2006
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 14243
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 16823
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 6731
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.
  • Alcohol consumption ‹Questions asking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Anemia questions ‹Questions about anemia and the treatment of anemia. This does not include anemia testing which is recorded as a biomarker. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Anemia testing
  • Anthropometry
  • Basic material needs ‹Questions asking the household respondent if usual household members age 5-17 years have shoes, blankets, and 2 sets of clothing.
  • Birth registration ‹A question on birth registration asked about each household member under the age of 5 years.
  • Causes of death ‹Questions asking about cause of death but not a full verbal autopsy. See also the verbal autopsy module and the accident and injury module.
  • Cooking fuel ‹A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Domestic violence ‹A set of questions on lifetime experience of domestic violence. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men.
  • GPS/georeferenced ‹Surveys with latitude and longitude coordinates for survey clusters. Note that cluster coordinates are randomly displaced to protect the privacy of respondents.
  • 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.
  • HIV testing
  • HIV testing - DBS
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • Malaria questions ‹Questions asking women about anti-malarial medication received during pregnancy and anti-malarial medication given to young children, as well as questions asking household respondents about household mosquito net ownership and use.
  • Male circumcision self-reported ‹Questions asking men about their circumcision status.
  • Maternal mortality ‹A set of questions asking about all siblings of the respondent (children born to the respondent's biological mother) concerning their sex, age, survival status, and whether the death was pregnancy-related. Questions are used to estimate maternal mortality, pregnancy-related mortality, and adult mortality. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men as well.
  • Men's survey ‹Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.
  • Micronutrients ‹Questions asking which foods and drinks were consumed by children in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
  • 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.
  • Tuberculosis questions ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge and attitudes about tuberculosis. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Vitamin A questions ‹Questions on whether a child received a vitamin A dose recently, or whether the mother received a dose after a delivery. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • 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.