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Demographic and Health Survey 2015

Afghanistan, 2015 - 2016
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Questionnaires
Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015, Household Questionnaire
Author(s) Central Statistics Organization and Ministry of Public Health
Date 2015-06-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
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Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015, Ever-Maried Woman's Questionnaire
Author(s) Central Statistics Organization and Ministry of Public Health
Date 2015-06-01
Country Afghanistan
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Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015, Ever-Married Man's Questionnaire
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Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015, Report
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Author(s) Central Statistics Organization, Ansari Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan The DHS Program, ICF, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Date 2017-01-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
Table of contents TABLES AND FIGURES .................................................................................................... vii
FOREWORD..........................................................................................................................xv
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE REPORT ............................................................................ xvii
READING AND UNDERSTANDING TABLES FROM THE 2015 AFDHS ................ xix
ADDITIONAL DHS PROGRAM RESOURCES .......................................................... xxvii
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................... xxix
MAP OF AFGHANISTAN .............................................................................................. xxxii

1 INTRODUCTION AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY ..........................................1
1.1 Survey Objectives ..............................................................................................1
1.2 Sample Design ...................................................................................................1
1.3 Questionnaires....................................................................................................2
1.4 Pretest .................................................................................................................3
1.5 Training of Trainers ...........................................................................................3
1.6 Training of Field Staff .......................................................................................3
1.7 Fieldwork ...........................................................................................................4
1.7.1 Fieldwork Challenges ............................................................................4
1.8 Data Processing ..................................................................................................4
1.9 Response Rates ..................................................................................................5

2 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AND HOUSEHOLD POPULATION ............7
2.1 Drinking Water Sources and Treatment ............................................................7
2.2 Sanitation ...........................................................................................................8
2.3 Other Household Characteristics .......................................................................9
2.4 Household Wealth ..............................................................................................9
2.5 Hand Washing ..................................................................................................10
2.6 Household Population and Composition .........................................................10
2.7 Birth Registration .............................................................................................11
2.8 Children’s Living Arrangements and Parental Survival ..................................11
2.9 Education .........................................................................................................12
2.9.1 Educational Attainment .......................................................................12
2.9.2 School Attendance ...............................................................................12
2.9.3 Reasons for Not Attending School ......................................................13

3 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS .........................................................31
3.1 Basic Characteristics of Survey Respondents ..................................................31
3.2 Education and Literacy ....................................................................................31
3.3 Mass Media Exposure ......................................................................................33
3.4 Employment .....................................................................................................34
3.5 Occupation .......................................................................................................34
3.6 Tobacco and Drug Use.....................................................................................35
3.7 Knowledge of Tuberculosis .............................................................................36
3.8 Knowledge of Hepatitis ...................................................................................36
3.9 Hepatitis Prevalence.........................................................................................36
3.10 Cancer Prevalence and Deaths Related to Cancer ...........................................37

4 MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY ...............................................................61
4.1 Marital Status ...................................................................................................61
4.2 Polygyny ..........................................................................................................62
4.3 Age at First Marriage .......................................................................................63
4.4 Age at First Sexual Intercourse ........................................................................64
4.5 Recent Sexual Activity ....................................................................................65

5 FERTILITY................................................................................................................77
5.1 Current Fertility ...............................................................................................77
5.2 Children Ever Born and Living........................................................................79
5.3 Birth Intervals ..................................................................................................79
5.4 Insusceptibility to Pregnancy ...........................................................................80
5.5 Age at First Birth .............................................................................................80
5.6 Teenage Childbearing ......................................................................................81

6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES .................................................................................91
6.1 Desire for Another Child .................................................................................91
6.2 Ideal Family Size .............................................................................................92
6.3 Fertility Planning Status ...................................................................................93
6.4 Wanted Fertility Rates .....................................................................................94

7 FAMILY PLANNING .............................................................................................103
7.1 Contraceptive Knowledge and Use ................................................................104
7.2 Source of Modern Contraceptive Methods ....................................................106
7.3 Informed Choice ............................................................................................107
7.4 Discontinuation of Contraceptives .................................................................107
7.5 Demand for Family Planning .........................................................................108
7.6 Contact of Nonusers with Family Planning Providers ...................................110

8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY ..................................................................127
8.1 Early Childhood Mortality .............................................................................128
8.2 Biodemographic Risk Factors ........................................................................129
8.3 Perinatal Mortality .........................................................................................130

9 MATERNAL HEALTH CARE ..............................................................................135
9.1 Antenatal Care Coverage and Content ...........................................................136
9.1.1 Skilled Providers ................................................................................136
9.1.2 Timing and Number of ANC Visits ...................................................136
9.2 Components of ANC Visits ...........................................................................137
9.3 Protection against Neonatal Tetanus ..............................................................137
9.4 Delivery Services ...........................................................................................138
9.4.1 Institutional Deliveries .......................................................................138
9.4.2 Skilled Assistance during Delivery ....................................................139
9.4.3 Delivery by Cesarean .........................................................................140
9.5 Postnatal Care ................................................................................................140
9.5.1 Postnatal Health Check for Mothers ..................................................140
9.5.2 Postnatal Health Checks for Newborns .............................................141
9.6 Problems in Accessing Health Care ...............................................................142

10 CHILD HEALTH ....................................................................................................159
10.1 Birth Weight...................................................................................................159
10.2 Vaccination of Children .................................................................................160
10.3 Symptoms of Acute Respiratory Infection ....................................................162
10.4 Fever ..............................................................................................................162
10.5 Diarrheal Disease ...........................................................................................163
10.5.1 Prevalence of Diarrhea .......................................................................163
10.5.2 Treatment of Diarrhea ........................................................................163
10.5.3 Feeding Practices ...............................................................................164
10.5.4 Knowledge of ORS Packets ...............................................................165
10.6 Disposal of Children’s Stools ........................................................................165

11 NUTRITION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN ....................................................185
11.1 Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices ....................................................185
11.1.1 Breastfeeding .....................................................................................185
11.1.2 Exclusive Breastfeeding.....................................................................186
11.1.3 Median Duration of Breastfeeding.....................................................187
11.1.4 Complementary Feeding ....................................................................187
11.1.5 Minimum Acceptable Diet .................................................................188
11.2 Micronutrient Intake and Supplementation among Children.........................189
11.3 Presence of Iodized Salt in Households .........................................................190
11.4 Micronutrient Intake among Mothers ............................................................190

12 MALARIA ................................................................................................................201
12.1 Ownership of Insecticide-Treated Nets .........................................................202
12.2 Household Access and Use of ITNs ..............................................................203
12.3 Use of ITNs by Children and Pregnant Women ............................................204
12.4 Case Management of Malaria in Children .....................................................204

13 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR .....215
13.1 HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Transmission, and Prevention Methods ..................216
13.2 Knowledge about Mother-to-Child Transmission .........................................218
13.3 HIV/AIDS Attitudes ......................................................................................218
13.3.1 Attitudes toward People Living with HIV/AIDS ................................218
13.3.2 Attitudes toward Negotiating Safer Sexual Relations with Husbands ..............219
13.3.3 Attitudes toward Condom Education for Young People ...................219
13.4 Coverage of HIV Testing Services ................................................................220
13.5 Male Circumcision .........................................................................................220
13.6 Self-reporting of Sexually Transmitted Infections ........................................220
13.7 Injections ........................................................................................................221
13.8 HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behavior among Young People ...........221
13.8.1 Knowledge ..........................................................................................221
13.8.2 First Sex ..............................................................................................222
13.8.3 Coverage of HIV Testing Services .....................................................222

14 ADULT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY .........................................................245
14.1 Data ................................................................................................................245
14.2 Direct Estimates of Adult Mortality ..............................................................246
14.3 Direct Estimates of Pregnancy-related Mortality ..........................................247

15 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT .............................................................................251
15.1 Married Women’s and Men’s Employment ..................................................251
15.2 Control over Women’s Earnings ...................................................................252
15.3 Control over Men’s Earnings .........................................................................253
15.4 Women’s and Men’s Ownership of Assets ....................................................253
15.5 Women’s Participation in Decision Making ..................................................254
15.6 Attitudes toward Wife Beating ......................................................................255

16 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE .......................................................................................273
16.1 Measurement of Violence ..............................................................................274
16.2 Experience of Physical Violence from Anyone .............................................274
16.2.1 Prevalence of Physical Violence ........................................................274
16.2.2 Perpetrators of Physical Violence ......................................................275
16.3 Marital Control...............................................................................................275
16.4 Spousal Violence ...........................................................................................276
16.4.1 Prevalence of Spousal Violence.........................................................276
16.4.2 Onset of Spousal Violence .................................................................279
16.5 Injuries due to Spousal Violence ...................................................................279
16.6 Violence Initiated by Women against Husbands ...........................................280
16.7 Response to Violence .....................................................................................280
16.7.1 Help Seeking Behavior to Stop the Violence ....................................280
16.7.2 Sources for Help ................................................................................280

17 FISTULA ..................................................................................................................299
17.1 Womens’ Knowledge of Fistula ....................................................................299
17.2 Self-Reported Symptoms and Treatment .......................................................300
17.2.1 Self-reported Fistula Symptoms ........................................................300
17.2.2 Treatment Seeking for Fistula ............................................................300

REFERENCES .....................................................................................................................307
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN.................................................................................309
APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ...........................................319
APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES ..................................................................359
APPENDIX D QUESTIONNAIRES .............................................................................365
Download http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR323/FR323.pdf
Afghanistan 2015 Demographic and Health Survey, Key Findings
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2017-01-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
Download http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/SR236/SR236.pdf
Afghanistan 2015 Demographic and Health Survey, Wall Chart
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2017-01-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
Download http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DM99/DM99.pdf
Fast Facts from The 2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2017-01-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
Download http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DM101/DM101.pdf
2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey (AfDHS) , Flyer
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2017-01-01
Country Afghanistan
Language English
Download http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DM100/DM100.pdf
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