Survey Summary

Turkey: Standard DHS, 2008
DHS Final Reports
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Turkey
Contract Phase: DHS-V
Recode Structure: DHS-V
Implementing Organization: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies
Fieldwork: October 2008 - December 2008
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 10525
Female: Ever Married Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 7405
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
  • Birth registration ‹A question on birth registration asked about each household member under the age of 5 years.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • Tobacco use ‹Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • 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.