Survey Summary

Papua New Guinea: Standard DHS, 2016-18
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Country: Papua New Guinea
Contract Phase: DHS-VII
Recode Structure: DHS-VII
Implementing Organization: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea
Fieldwork: October 2016 - December 2018
Status: Completed
Respondents  
Households: Sample Size: 16021
Female: All Women
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 15198
Male: All Men
Age: 15 to 49
Sample Size: 7333
Facilities: N/A
Survey Characteristics
  • Anthropometry
  • Arm circumference
  • Birth registration ‹A question on birth registration asked about each household member under the age of 5 years.
  • CAFÉ survey ‹Computer Assisted Field Editing. Interviews conducted on paper and entered into a laptop or tablet in the field for verification.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Domestic violence ‹A set of questions on lifetime experience of domestic violence. Typically asked of women only but in some surveys asked of men.
  • Food insecurity experience scale (FIES) ‹A set of questions asking the household respondent about the household's ability to access food of sufficient quantity and quality. These questions were developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
  • Health insurance ‹Questions asking about individual health insurance status. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • HIV behavior ‹Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • HIV knowledge ‹Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • Iodine salt test ‹Household salt tested for the presence of iodine.
  • Malaria questions ‹Questions asking women about anti-malarial medication received during pregnancy and anti-malarial medication given to young children, as well as questions asking household respondents about household mosquito net ownership and use.
  • Male circumcision self-reported ‹Questions asking men about their circumcision status.
  • 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.
  • Men's survey ‹Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.
  • 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.
  • Newborn care ‹A module containing a set of questions asking mothers about critical child survival care provided to the last live birth born in the 35 months prior to the interview.
  • 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.
  • Tobacco use ‹Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.
  • Vitamin A questions ‹Questions on whether a child received a vitamin A dose recently, or whether the mother received a dose after a delivery. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.
  • 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.