Survey Summary

Bolivia: Standard DHS, 1989
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Bolivia
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Fieldwork: March 1989 - July 1989
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 8439
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 7923
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anthropometry
  • Causes of death ‹Questions asking about cause of death but not a full verbal autopsy. See also the verbal autopsy module and the accident and injury module.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Maternal mortality ‹A set of questions asking about all siblings of the respondent (children born to the respondent's biological mother) concerning their sex, age, survival status, and whether the death was pregnancy-related. Questions are used to estimate maternal mortality, pregnancy-related mortality, and adult mortality. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men as well.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Verbal autopsy ‹A separate questionnaire administered by a trained medical professional to determine the cause of death, usually for children in selected households.
  • 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.