Lao Reproductive Health Survey 2000
Highlights:
The National Statistical Center conducted the Lao Reproductive Health Survey in 2000 (LRHS 2000). The objective of LRHS 2000 was to provide up-to-date information on fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, reproductive health and child health, including breastfeeding and knowledge of RTIs/STDs and HIV/AIDS.
NSC has developed two types of provincial data analysis reports based on LRHS 2000: a summary report of provincial level data and a detailed data analysis report for each province. The provincial reports provide a diversity of information at the provincial level. It seems that the Lao PDR is the first country in the region to report such information by province.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Population Distribution
- Population policy and reproductive health programme
- Reproductive health survey objectives and coverage
- rationale of the provincial analysis
- Provincial analysis
- Household and respondent characteristics
- Household population and composition
- Education level
- Housing conditions and related characteristics
- Exposure to mass media
- Fertility
- Current fertility
- Children ever born
- Age at first birth
- Adolescent fertility
- Family planning
- Knowledge of family planning method
- Ever use of family planning methods
- Current use of family planning methods
- Intention for future use of family planning among non-users
- Other proximate determinates
of fertility
- Current marital status
- Median age at first marriage
- Age at first sexual intercourse
- Fertility preferences
- Desire for more children
- Demand for family planning
- Ideal number of children
Purpose |
To provide up-to-date information on fertility
levels, determinants of fertility, fertility preferences, family planning,
infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, including breastfeeding,
and knowledge and attitudes concerning RTIs/STDs and HIV/AIDS. The
information is intended to assist policy makers, program managers
and other concerned agencies in planning, designing, implementing,
improving and evaluating RH programs, including family planning (RH/FP)
in the country. |
Target population |
All
Lao households with women in the age 15 – 49. |
Survey period |
The
data collection was done from late April to June 2000. |
Survey design |
Three questionnaires were used: the household
questionnaire, the individual questionnaire for women and the individual
questionnaire for men (husbands). |
Sample design |
The list of villages and households from the 1999 Agriculture Census was used as sampling frame. A two-stage sampling scheme was used. At the first stage a sample of 40 villages was selected by PPS sampling in each province.
In the second stage a systematic sample of 30 households was selected
in each sample village. The selection was based on an updated list
of households in the villages at the time of the survey. |
Sample size |
720 villages, 21 459 households, 12 919 eligible women, 3083 husbands.
Response rates: households 98.2 %, women 98.8 %, husbands 99.2%. |
Survey content |
Household questionnaire:
Women's questionnaire:
Men's questionnaire:
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