Survey Summary

Colombia: Standard DHS, 1995
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Colombia
Contract Phase: DHS-III
Recode Structure: DHS-III
Implementing Organization: PROFAMILIA
Fieldwork: March 1995 - June 1995
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 10112
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 11140
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Alcohol consumption ‹Questions asking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Anthropometry
  • Arm circumference
  • 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.
  • Child discipline ‹A set of questions asking the household respondent about common discipline methods used with one randomly selected household member age 1-14 years. These questions are from a MICS module developed by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
  • 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.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.