Survey Summary

Sudan: Standard DHS, 1989-90
DHS Final Reports
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Sudan
Contract Phase: DHS-I
Recode Structure: DHS-I
Implementing Organization: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Fieldwork: November 1989 - May 1990
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 6891
Female: Ever Married Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 5860
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.
  • Female genital cutting ‹A set of questions asking women about their experience of female genital cutting, also known as female circumcision or female genital mutilation. Questions are also asked about the woman's daughters age 14 and younger.
  • 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.