Survey Summary

Turkey: Standard DHS, 2003
DHS Final Reports
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Turkey
Contract Phase: DHS-IV
Recode Structure: DHS-IV
Implementing Organization: Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies
Fieldwork: December 2003 - May 2004
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 10836
Female: Ever Married Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 8075
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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • 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.
  • Micronutrients ‹Questions asking which foods and drinks were consumed by children in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
  • 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.
  • Prenatal care - folic acid ‹Questions asking women if they took folic acid supplements during the pregnancy for her last live birth.
  • 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.

Footnotes:
DHS was not fully involved in this survey, but provided limited technical assistance on the review and formatting of the final report.