The National Family
Health Survey (NFHS)
The survey was carried out as a major component of the Project to strengthen the Survey Research Capabilities of the Population Research Centres in India, initiated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and funded by the United State Agency for International Development. The International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai (I.I.P.S) , was designated as the nodal agency for providing coordination and technical guidance to the NFHS. The data collection for the NFHS was undertaken by seven Consulting Organizations in collaboration with the concerned Population Research Centres in each State. The East-West Center/Macro International, United States of America, provided technical assistance for all of the survey operations.
Summary of Findings
NFHS-I(1992-93)
NFHS is a nationally representative
survey of ever-married women age 13-49. The NFHS covered the population of 24
States and the National Capital Territory of Delhi to provide demographic and
health data for interstate comparisons. The main objectives of the survey was to collect reliable
and up-to-date national-level and state-level data on fertility, nuptiality,
fertility preferences, knowledge and practice of family planning, the potential
demand for contraception, the level of unwanted fertility, utilization of ante
natal services, breast feeding and food supplementation practices, child
nutrition and health, vaccinations and infant and child
mortality.
In the
NFHS, a total of 88,562 households were covered, and the interviewers collected
information from 89,777 ever-married women age 13-49 (23,455 in urban areas and
66,322 in rural areas). The field work was conducted in three phases between
April 1992 to September 1993.
NFHS-II(1998-99)
The second NFHS conducted in 1998-99 provides information on fertility, mortality, family planning and important aspects of nutrition, health and health care. The survey collected information from a nationally representative sample of more than 90,000 ever-married women age 15-49. The NFHS-2 sample covers 99 percent of India’s population living in all 26 states. This report is based on the survey data for 25 of the 26 states, however, since data collection in Tripura was delayed due to local problem in the state.
Most of the types of information collected in NFHS-2 were also collected
in the earlier survey, making it possible to identify trends over the
intervening period of six and one-half years. In addition, this survey questionnaire
covered number of new or expanded topics with important policy implications,
such as reproductive health, women’s autonomy, domestics violence, women
nutrition, anemia and salt iodization.
The NFHS-2 survey was carried out in two phases. Ten States were surveyed in the first
phase which began in March, 1999.
The field staff collected information from 91,196 households in these 25
states and interviewed 89,199 eligible women in these households. In addition, the survey collected
information on 32,393 children born in the three years preceding the
survey. One health investigator on
each survey team measured the height and weight of eligible women and children
and took blood samples to assess the prevalence of anemia.
For more information, please contact IIPS, MUMBAI E-Mail: iipsnfhs@vsnl.com
Website:http://www.nfhsindia.org/
Key Indicators of
National FamilyHealth Survey(NFHS Ph.I
(92-93)
and Ph.II
(98-99)
– A Comparative Statement
|
India/States |
Neo-Natal Mortality |
Infant Mortality Rate |
Child Mortality Rate |
Total Fertility Rate |
Contribu- tion of Higher Birth
Order 3&Above |
% of Mothers Received ANC |
% Currently
Using | ||||||||||||
|
Any
method |
Sterilisa-tion |
Spacing Method | |||||||||||||||||
|
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II | ||
|
India |
48.6 |
43.4 |
78.5 |
67.6 |
33.4 |
29.3 |
3.40 |
2.85 |
48.6 |
45.2 |
44.0 |
65.3 |
40.6 |
48.2 |
30.8 |
36.0 |
5.5 |
8.3 | |
|
Andhra
Pr. |
45.3 |
43.8 |
70.4 |
65.8 |
22.4 |
21.0 |
2.59 |
2.25 |
42.1 |
31.5 |
86.8 |
92.7 |
47.0 |
59.6 |
44.7 |
57.0 |
1.8 |
1.8 | |
|
Assam |
50.9 |
44.6 |
88.7 |
69.5 |
58.7 |
21.4 |
3.53 |
2.31 |
58.2 |
43.8 |
48.9 |
59.8 |
42.8 |
43.3 |
14.6 |
16.7 |
5.4 |
10.0 | |
|
Bihar |
54.8 |
46.5 |
89.2 |
73.0 |
42.0 |
34.7 |
3.98 |
3.49 |
56.4 |
54.6 |
36.3 |
36.0 |
23.1 |
24.5 |
17.7 |
20.2 |
3.2 |
2.2 | |
|
Chhatisgarh |
|
66.4 |
|
90.6 |
|
46.8 |
|
2.79 |
|
48.1 |
|
57.5 |
|
45.0 |
|
38.4 |
|
3.9 | |
|
Gujarat |
46.3 |
39.6 |
73.5 |
62.6 |
32.7 |
24.0 |
2.97 |
2.70 |
42.0 |
41.1 |
75.4 |
86.3 |
49.3 |
59.0 |
41.0 |
45.3 |
5.8 |
8.1 | |
|
Haryana |
38.4 |
34.9 |
73.3 |
56.8 |
27.4 |
21.2 |
3.98 |
2.88 |
47.5 |
41.6 |
72.2 |
58.0 |
49.7 |
62.4 |
34.8 |
40.8 |
9.6 |
12.5 | |
|
Jharkhand |
|
36.6 |
|
54.3 |
|
25.4 |
|
2.76 |
|
53.7 |
|
41.7 |
|
27.6 |
|
22.0 |
|
2.9 | |
|
Karnataka |
45.3 |
37.1 |
65.4 |
51.5 |
23.5 |
19.3 |
2.83 |
2.13 |
42.4 |
33.6 |
83.4 |
86.3 |
49.1 |
58.3 |
42.7 |
52.2 |
4.8 |
4.4 | |
|
Kerala |
15.5 |
13.8 |
23.8 |
16.3 |
8.4 |
2.6 |
2.00 |
1.96 |
26.0 |
21.1 |
97.3 |
98.9 |
63.3 |
63.7 |
48.3 |
51.0 |
6.1 |
5.1 | |
|
Madhya
Pr. |
53.2 |
54.9 |
85.2 |
86.1 |
49.3 |
56.4 |
3.85 |
3.31 |
49.8 |
52.8 |
52.3 |
61.1 |
36.5 |
44.3 |
31.7 |
37.9 |
4.0 |
4.7 | |
|
Maharashtra |
36.4 |
32.0 |
50.5 |
43.7 |
20.9 |
15.0 |
2.86 |
2.52 |
42.8 |
39.2 |
82.3 |
90.0 |
53.7 |
60.9 |
46.5 |
52.2 |
6.4 |
7.6 | |
|
Orissa |
64.7 |
48.6 |
112.1 |
81.0 |
21.3 |
25.5 |
2.92 |
2.46 |
48.0 |
42.9 |
61.0 |
79.2 |
36.3 |
46.8 |
31.6 |
35.6 |
10.0 |
4.7 | |
|
Punjab |
31.2 |
34.3 |
53.7 |
57.1 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
2.91 |
2.21 |
42.7 |
39.6 |
87.6 |
74.1 |
58.7 |
66.7 |
34.0 |
30.9 |
17.4 |
23.0 | |
|
Rajasthan |
42.1 |
49.5 |
76.3 |
80.4 |
33.8 |
37.6 |
3.58 |
3.78 |
50.7 |
52.9 |
32.8 |
47.2 |
31.8 |
40.3 |
26.2 |
31.3 |
3.3 |
5.8 | |
|
Tamil
Nadu |
46.2 |
34.8 |
67.7 |
48.2 |
20.1 |
15.9 |
2.48 |
2.18 |
32.3 |
23.2 |
94.2 |
98.4 |
49.8 |
52.1 |
39.6 |
46.0 |
5.8 |
4.3 | |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
59.9 |
53.6 |
99.9 |
86.7 |
46.0 |
39.2 |
4.75 |
3.99 |
57.5 |
58.1 |
44.4 |
34.3 |
19.8 |
28.1 |
13.1 |
15.6 |
5.3 |
6.4 | |
|
West
Bengal |
55.1 |
31.9 |
81.0 |
48.7 |
28.6 |
19.9 |
2.89 |
2.29 |
46.2 |
36.5 |
75.4 |
89.5 |
57.4 |
66.6 |
30.6 |
33.8 |
7.0 |
13.5 | |
|
Arunachal
Pr. |
17.5 |
41.8 |
40.0 |
63.1 |
33.3 |
37.4 |
2.44 |
2.52 |
54.6 |
46.0 |
48.9 |
60.9 |
23.6 |
35.4 |
10.7 |
20.7 |
8.5 |
12.2 | |
|
Delhi |
34.9 |
29.5 |
65.4 |
46.8 |
19.0 |
9.0 |
3.02 |
2.40 |
44.3 |
39.3 |
81.8 |
83.2 |
60.3 |
63.8 |
23.2 |
28.6 |
31.2 |
27.7 | |
|
Goa |
20.6 |
31.2 |
31.9 |
36.7 |
7.2 |
10.5 |
1.89 |
1.80 |
32.2 |
24.9 |
95.0 |
99.0 |
47.8 |
47.5 |
30.5 |
28.2 |
7.3 |
7.7 | |
|
Himachal
Pr. |
34.2 |
22.1 |
55.8 |
34.4 |
14.1 |
8.3 |
2.97 |
2.14 |
42.7 |
33.3 |
75.4 |
86.8 |
58.4 |
67.7 |
45.8 |
52.4 |
8.5 |
8.4 | |
|
Jammu
& Kashmir |
31.9 |
40.3 |
45.4 |
65.0 |
14.3 |
16.1 |
3.13 |
2.71 |
44.1 |
50.3 |
78.6 |
83.0 |
49.4 |
49.1 |
29.7 |
30.7 |
10.0 |
11.1 | |
|
Manipur |
25.1 |
18.6 |
42.4 |
37.0 |
20.2 |
19.9 |
2.76 |
3.04 |
52.0 |
47.1 |
63.5 |
80.1 |
34.9 |
38.7 |
13.8 |
15.5 |
10.3 |
10.3 | |
|
Meghalaya |
37.8 |
50.7 |
64.2 |
89.0 |
24.3 |
36.2 |
3.73 |
4.57 |
53.5 |
60.1 |
51.1 |
53.1 |
20.7 |
20.2 |
10.0 |
10.7 |
5.1 |
9.1 | |
|
Mizoram |
8.3 |
18.8 |
14.6 |
37.0 |
14.9 |
18.4 |
2.3 |
2.89 |
45.0 |
46.0 |
86.3 |
90.3 |
53.8 |
57.7 |
44.6 |
45.3 |
8.3 |
11.7 | |
|
Nagaland |
10.0 |
20.1 |
17.2 |
42.1 |
30.6 |
22.7 |
3.26 |
3.77 |
48.1 |
59.6 |
38.5 |
59.4 |
13.0 |
30.3 |
6.4 |
12.3 |
6.2 |
12.0 | |
|
Sikkim |
|
26.3 |
|
44.0 |
|
28.4 |
|
2.75 |
|
42.1 |
|
70.0 |
|
53.8 |
|
24.8 |
|
16.6 | |
|
Tripura |
43.6 |
28.6 |
75.8 |
44.2 |
31.2 |
7.4 |
2.67 |
1.87 |
45.8 |
|
64.4 |
70.9 |
56.4 |
55.5 |
19.3 |
26.7 |
9.5 |
16.8 | |
|
Uttaranchal |
|
25.7 |
|
37.6 |
|
19.2 |
|
2.6 |
|
46.4 |
|
43.4 |
|
43.1 |
|
31.1 |
|
9.2 | |
Key Indicators of
National FamilyHealth Survey(NFHS Ph.I
(92-93)
and Ph.II
(98-99)
– A Comparative Statement (contd..)
|
India/ States |
% of Children
Vaccinated |
Institutional Delivery (%) |
Safe Delivery (%) |
% of
Children with Anaemia |
% of
Women with Anaemia | |||||||||||
|
Fully |
BCG |
DPT (3) |
Polio (3) |
Measles | ||||||||||||
|
|
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
II |
II |
|
India |
35.4 |
42.0 |
62.2 |
72.0 |
51.7 |
55.0 |
53.4 |
63.0 |
42.2 |
51.0 |
26.0 |
33.6 |
34.2 |
42.3 |
74.3 |
51.8 |
|
Andhra
Pr. |
45.0 |
58.7 |
74.0 |
90.2 |
66.1 |
79.5 |
68.0 |
81.6 |
53.8 |
64.7 |
33.0 |
50.0 |
79.6 |
65.0 |
72.3 |
50.0 |
|
Assam |
19.4 |
17.0 |
48.2 |
53.5 |
31.0 |
37.5 |
32.7 |
37.9 |
25.8 |
24.6 |
11.1 |
17.6 |
17.8 |
21.5 |
62.4 |
69.0 |
|
Bihar |
10.7 |
11.0 |
33.9 |
37.7 |
29.1 |
24.2 |
31.6 |
41.0 |
14.6 |
16.6 |
12.1 |
14.6 |
18.9 |
23.3 |
81.3 |
63.4 |
|
Chhatisgarh |
|
21.8 |
|
74.3 |
|
40.9 |
|
57.1 |
|
40.0 |
|
13.8 |
|
32.3 |
87.7 |
68.7 |
|
Gujarat |
49.8 |
53.0 |
77.1 |
84.7 |
63.8 |
64.1 |
62.9 |
68.6 |
55.9 |
63.6 |
35.6 |
46.3 |
42.7 |
53.5 |
74.5 |
46.3 |
|
Haryana |
53.5 |
62.7 |
77.4 |
86.8 |
66.8 |
71.1 |
67.7 |
74.3 |
60.9 |
72.2 |
16.7 |
22.4 |
30.3 |
42.1 |
83.9 |
47.0 |
|
Jharkhand |
|
8.8 |
|
44.4 |
|
21.7 |
|
36.5 |
|
18.2 |
|
13.9 |
|
17.5 |
82.4 |
72.9 |
|
Karnataka |
52.2 |
60.0 |
81.7 |
84.8 |
70.7 |
75.2 |
71.4 |
78.3 |
54.9 |
67.3 |
37.5 |
51.1 |
50.9 |
59.2 |
70.6 |
42.4 |
|
Kerala |
54.4 |
79.7 |
86.1 |
96.2 |
73.7 |
88.0 |
75.2 |
88.4 |
60.5 |
84.6 |
87.8 |
93.0 |
89.7 |
94.0 |
43.9 |
22.6 |
|
Madhya
Pr. |
22.9 |
22.4 |
56.8 |
64.9 |
43.7 |
37.0 |
46.9 |
56.7 |
40.7 |
35.5 |
15.9 |
20.4 |
30.0 |
30.1 |
75.0 |
54.4 |
|
Maharashtra |
64.3 |
78.4 |
86.9 |
93.7 |
83.1 |
89.4 |
81.8 |
90.8 |
70.2 |
84.3 |
43.9 |
52.6 |
53.1 |
59.7 |
76.0 |
48.5 |
|
Orissa |
36.1 |
43.7 |
63.3 |
84.7 |
56.3 |
61.9 |
56.7 |
68.4 |
40.2 |
54.0 |
14.1 |
22.9 |
20.5 |
33.4 |
72.3 |
63.0 |
|
Punjab |
61.9 |
72.1 |
77.4 |
88.7 |
73.6 |
82.0 |
73.4 |
83.6 |
64.8 |
76.5 |
24.8 |
38.4 |
48.4 |
62.7 |
80.0 |
41.4 |
|
Rajasthan |
21.1 |
17.3 |
45.7 |
53.9 |
29.7 |
26.1 |
32.8 |
44.6 |
31.2 |
27.1 |
11.6 |
21.7 |
22.0 |
35.8 |
82.3 |
48.5 |
|
Tamil
Nadu |
65.1 |
88.8 |
91.7 |
98.6 |
86.5 |
96.7 |
86.0 |
98.0 |
71.5 |
90.2 |
63.5 |
79.3 |
71.2 |
82.3 |
69.0 |
56.5 |
|
Uttar
Pradesh |
19.8 |
21.2 |
48.9 |
57.5 |
34.1 |
33.9 |
37.3 |
42.2 |
26.4 |
34.6 |
11.2 |
15.7 |
17.2 |
23.0 |
73.9 |
48.7 |
|
West
Bengal |
34.2 |
43.8 |
63.1 |
76.5 |
51.9 |
58.3 |
56.0 |
61.7 |
42.5 |
52.4 |
31.5 |
40.4 |
44.4 |
44.1 |
78.3 |
62.7 |
|
Arunachal
Pr. |
22.5 |
20.5 |
46.3 |
54.2 |
45.6 |
41.8 |
38.8 |
43.3 |
27.5 |
33.6 |
19.9 |
30.9 |
21.3 |
32.0 |
54.4 |
62.5 |
|
Delhi |
57.8 |
69.8 |
92.0 |
92.0 |
71.6 |
79.9 |
75.6 |
81.0 |
69.6 |
77.5 |
44.3 |
59.1 |
53.0 |
65.9 |
69.0 |
40.5 |
|
Goa |
74.9 |
82.6 |
93.5 |
99.2 |
86.7 |
93.4 |
87.8 |
95.8 |
77.8 |
84.3 |
86.8 |
90.9 |
88.4 |
90.8 |
53.4 |
36.4 |
|
Himachal
Pr. |
63.5 |
83.4 |
84.8 |
94.6 |
78.5 |
88.8 |
78.4 |
89.8 |
71.8 |
89.1 |
16.0 |
29.0 |
25.6 |
40.4 |
69.9 |
40.5 |
|
Jammu
& Kashmir |
54.2 |
56.7 |
79.3 |
85.6 |
74.6 |
72.3 |
74.0 |
74.3 |
58.3 |
68.9 |
21.9 |
35.7 |
31.2 |
42.4 |
71.1 |
58.7 |
|
Manipur |
29.1 |
42.3 |
63.8 |
71.0 |
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