Survey Summary

Peru: Standard DHS, 1991-92
DHS Final Reports
Summary Reports/Key Findings
Survey Datasets
Data Available
HIV Testing
Not Collected
GPS Datasets
Not Collected
SPA Datasets
Not Applicable
Country: Peru
Contract Phase: DHS-II
Recode Structure: DHS-II
Implementing Organization: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informática
Fieldwork: October 1991 - March 1992
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 13479
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 15882
Male: No male respondents
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.