National Family Health Survey – 4 (2015 – 16), Rajasthan

Agency : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW-GoI) is conducting CAPI based National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) in all 35 States and Union territories of India. NFHS is being undertaken with the main objective of strengthening India’s demographic and health database by providing information that is both valid and reliable.

In the second round, MoHFW-GoI entrusted IIHMR with the task of conducting field work of NFHS-4 in Rajasthan. IIHMR is conducting district wise household survey in all 33 districts of Rajasthan. As per the estimate, 32680 households will be covered from 1634 PSUs of Rajasthan. The sample spreads in all 33 districts. Each district will have 43-86 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) covering rural and urban representation as per the percentage of rural and urban population of the state. From each PSU pre-determined 22 households are being surveyed.

One of the components of the household survey is Clinical Anthropometry Biochemical Testing (CAB). The CAB component includes measurements of height, weight, blood pressure, hemoglobin and random blood sugar for men, women and children in the selected households. In a subsection of the households, Dried Blood Spots (DBS) are being taken from men and women for HIV testing.


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