Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey(BDHS) Summary Output

Bangladesh Demographic and

Health Survey

Presented by G-8, MDS’11

6th October 2013

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What is BDHS?

•Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.•Conducted By---1.National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)2.Mitra and Associates, Dhaka, Bangladesh3.MEASURE DHS, ICF International, Calverton, Maryland, USA

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What do they do & why?BDHS Survey Topics•Fertility and Family Planning•Maternal Health•Child Survival and Health•Nutrition•Knowledge of AIDS, etc.

This Survey project is responsible for collecting and disseminating accurate, nationally representative data on health and population in developing countries like Bangladesh.

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Methodology•The survey used as a sampling frame the list of enumeration areas (EA) prepared for the 2011 population census•The primary sampling unit (PSU) for the survey is an EA created to have an average of about 100 households. •A household listing operation was carried out in all selected EAs (600 Eas were selected)•19 teams of two persons each were deployed to carry out the listing of households and administer the Community Questionnaires •The 2011 BDHS used five types of questionnaires: a Household Questionnaire, a Woman’s Questionnaire, a Man’s Questionnaire, a Community Questionnaire, and two questionnaires to collect data on causes of death among children under age 5 based on the MEASURE DHS Model Questionnaires

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Fertility and Family Planning

Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey – 2011

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Trends in FertilityTotal Fertility Rate(Births per woman)

2016 Aim: 2.0

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Trends in Use of ContraceptionPercentages of married women age 15-49 currently using

a methods of family planning2016 Aim: 72

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Unmet Need for Family PlanningPercentages

of married women age 15-49 who

wish to spare or limit births

but are not using

contraception

2016 Aim: 9%

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Maternal Health

Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey – 20119

Trends in Maternal HealthAmong births three years before the survey

2016 Aim: 50% for all three indicators

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Trends in Delivery in Health Facilities by WealthPercentages of births delivered in health facilities in

the three years before the survey

2016 Aim: <1:4 for

percentage of deliveries of deliveries in

health facilities among the poorest

and wealthiest women

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Child Survival and Health

Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey – 2011

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Deaths per 1,000 live births

2016 Aim: 482016 Aim: 31

Trends in Child Mortality

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Source: BDHS 2011

Childhood CarePercent of children under age five

2016 Aim: 90% 2016 Aim: 90%2016 Aim: 50%

14Source: BDHS 2011

Nutrition

Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey – 201115

Trends in Exclusive BreastfeedingPercent of children under 6 months who are

exclusively breastfeed

2016 Aim: 50%

16Source: BDHS 2011

Trends in Vitamin A SupplementationPercent of children age 9-59 months receiving Vitamin A supplementation in the six months preceding the survey

2016 Aim: 90%

17Source: BDHS 2011

Source: BDHS 201118

2016 Aim: 52%

IYCF PracticesPercent of children age 6-23 months

2016 Aim: 38%

Trends in Children’s Nutritional StatusPercent of children under age five

19Source: BDHS 2011

WHO threshold for 'very high‘ prevalence of

underweight (30%)

WHO threshold for 'very high‘ prevalence of

stunting (40%)

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey – 2011

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Trends in Knowledge of AIDSPercentage of Ever-Married Women and Men

Who Have Heard of AIDS

2016 Aim: 100%

21Source: BDHS 2011

Key Findings of BDHS 2011

22Source: BDHS 2011

Progress -> Several indicators

Fertility and Family Planning: High

Maternal Health: Satisfactory

Child Survival and Health: Very High

Nutrition : Satisfactory

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS : High

Thank You

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