INDIAHEALTH status indicatorsCHILDBEARING agePOPULATION geographySEVERITY of illness indexANEMIADESCRIPTIVE statisticsThe study was taken up to assess the changing trend in prevalence and severity of anaemia in women of reproductive age over the last 15 years by analyzing N...
The information collected through NFHS-4 is intended to assist policymakers and programme managers in setting benchmarks and examining progress over time in India's health sector. Besides providing evidence on the effectiveness of ongoing programmes, NFHS-4 data will help to identify the need for ...
NFHS series provides information on population, health and nutrition in India. NFHS 5 data was collected from 636,699 households and 724115 women. The data was collected through survey questionnaires. The woman's questionnaires collected information from all eligible women aged 15-49, while for ...
India is a developing nation and has achieved a significant reduction in fertility. This study attempted to identify the trend of change in children ever born (CEB) against proximate and non-proximate factors over the 2005–2019 period. This study used secondary data from the National Family Heal...
health, and nutrition for India and each state/union territory [11]. The NFHS-4, for the first time, provides district-level estimates for many health and nutrition indicators [11]. The details about stratified multistage random sampling procedure employed in the NFHS-4 are provided elsewhere [...
A Critical Appraisal of NFHS-5 Data on Maternal Health Indicators: Trends and Implications for IndiaKulkarni, RaginiBegum, ShahinaIndian Practitioner
This study analyzes Karnataka's FP trends by using National Family Health Survey (NFHS) rounds 4 and 5, comparing its indicators with national averages. Methods: A retrospective record review-based descriptive study design was employed. Data from NFHS-4 (2015–16) and NFHS-5 (2019–21) were...
Introduction: Women's empowerment is crucial for gender equality. This study, utilizing NFHS 4 and 5 data, assesses GBV and women's empowerment, including health indicators in Karnataka and India, aiming to evaluate achievements and challenges impacting women's lives for gender equality. Materials ...
Caste is one of the traditional measures of social segregation in India and differs from other indicators as it is both, endogamous and hereditary. Evidence suggests that belonging to lower castes exposes one to social inequalities and affects health adversely. We examined the association of caste ...