Description |
This report is based on the findings of the 2000-2001 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), a nationally representative survey of households, women age 15- 49, and men age 15-54. Interviews were successfully completed with 7,246 women age 15-49 and 1,962 men age 15-54. Information about children born to these women was also collected. Detailed questions about vaccination, breastfeeding, food supplementation, and illnesses were asked about children born in the five years before the survey.
The primary objective of the survey was to provide policymakers and programme managers with detailed information on fertility, family planning, childhood and adult mortality, maternal and child health, nutrition, and knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS.
The survey was fielded between September 28, 2000 and March 3, 2001. Survey results are presented at the national level; by urban and rural residence, and for each of the four regions in the country. Results of this survey can be compared with those of the two previous Uganda DHS surveys, the 1988-1989 UDHS and the 1995 UDHS. However, caution needs to be exercised when analysing trends using these three data sets because of differences in geographic coverage. In the 2000-2001 UDHS, all but four of Uganda's 45 districts were included in the survey. The excluded districts are Bundibugyo, Gulu, Kasese and Kitgum. |