Survey Summary

Mexico: Standard DHS, 1987
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Mexico
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Dirección General de Planificación Familiar/ Secretaría de Salud
Fieldwork: February 1987 - May 1987
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 7786
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 9310
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.
  • 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.