Survey Summary

El Salvador: Standard DHS, 1985
DHS Final Reports
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: El Salvador
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Associación Demográfica Salvadoreña
Fieldwork: May 1985 - July 1985
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 4922
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 5207
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • 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.
  • 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.