Table 2. Types of respondents and key themes identified in major health surveys, India, 1992 to 2016.
| Survey | Household | Women | Men | |||
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| Respondent | Key survey themes | Respondent | Key survey themes | Respondent | Key survey themes | |
| NFHS | ||||||
| NFHS-1 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women 13–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning and fertility preferences – Woman and husband’s background characteristics – Women’s employment status |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| NFHS-2 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity and risk factors – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women 15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning and fertility preferences – Woman and husband’s background characteristics – Women’s employment status – Women’s autonomy and domestic violence – Quality of health services – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| NFHS-3 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Child labour – Morbidity – Health care use |
Ever-married women 15–49 years of age and never-married women 15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning and fertility preferences – Woman and husband’s background characteristics – Women’s employment status – Women’s autonomy and domestic violence – Quality of health services – STIs and HIV/AIDS – NCDs and behavioural risk factors – Use of ICDS – Marital and sexual relationships and living arrangements |
Men 15–54 years of age | – Reproductive history – Marital and sexual relationships, and living arrangements – Family planning and fertility preferences – Male involvement in health care – Quality of health services – NCDs and behavioural risk factors – Attitude towards women’s autonomy and domestic violence – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
| NFHS-4 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity and risk factors – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women 15–49 years of age and never-married women15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning and fertility preferences – Women’s and husbands’ background characteristics – Women’s employment status – Women’s autonomy and domestic violence – Marital and sexual relationships and living arrangements – Quality of health services – STIs and HIV/AIDS – NCDs and behavioural risk factors – Use of ICDS services |
Men 15–54 years of age | – Reproductive history – Marital and sexual relationship, and living arrangements – Family planning and fertility preferences – Male involvement in health care – Quality of health services – NCDs and behavioural risk factors – Attitudes towards women’s autonomy and domestic violence – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
| DLHS | ||||||
| DLHS-1 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity – Health care use – Child mortality – Maternal mortality |
Currently-married women 15–44 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Family planning – Quality of health services – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
Men 20–54 years of age | – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Family planning |
| DLHS-2 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity – Mortality (all ages) |
Currently-married women 15–44 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning – Quality of health services – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
Husbands of eligible women | – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Family planning and fertility preferences |
| DLHS-3 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Health care use – Government health programmes – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women 15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Child mortality – Family planning and fertility preferences – Reproductive health – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Use of government health programmes |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| Never-married women 15–24 years of age | – Sex education and age at marriage – Reproductive health – STIs and HIV/AIDS |
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| DLHS-4 | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity and behavioural risk factors – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Family planning and fertility preferences – Woman’s background characteristics – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Reproductive health – NCDs and behavioural risk factors |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| AHS | ||||||
| AHS baseline | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities - Morbidity and behavioural risk factors – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Birth registration |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| Currently married women 15–49 years of age | – Family planning and fertility preferences – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Awareness of childhood illness |
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| AHS 1st update | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics –Household amenities – Morbidity – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Birth registration |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| Currently married women 15–49 years of age | – Family planning and fertility preferences – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Awareness of childhood illness and danger signs in newborns |
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| AHS 2nd update | Household head | – Sociodemographic characteristics – Household amenities – Morbidity – Health care use – Mortality (all ages) |
Ever-married women15–49 years of age | – Birth history – Maternal and child health – Birth registration |
Not included in survey | N/A |
| Currently married women 15–49 years of age | – Family planning and fertility preferences – STIs and HIV/AIDS – Awareness of childhood illness and danger signs in newborns |
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AHS: Annual Health Survey; AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; DLHS: District Level Household Survey; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; ICDS: integrated child development services; N/A: not applicable; NCD: noncommunicable disease; NFHS: National Family Health Survey; STI: sexually transmitted infection.