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DLHS - 3
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
Fact sheet
Mizoram
DLHS-3
Introduction
The District Level Household and Facility Survey is one of the largest ever demographic and
health surveys carried out in India, with a sample size of about seven lakh households covering
all the districts of the country. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government
of India, initiated District Level Household Surveys (DLHS) in 1997 to provide district level
estimates on health indicators to assists policy makers and program administrators in decentralized
planning, monitoring and evaluation. The present District Level Household and Facility Survey
(DLHS-3) is the third in the series preceded by DLHS-1 in 1998-99 and DLHS-2 in 2002-04.
DLHS-3, like two earlier rounds, is designed to provide estimates on maternal and child health,
family planning and other reproductive health services. In addition, DLHS-3 provides information
related to the programmes of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Unlike other two rounds
in which currently married women age 15-44 years were interviewed, DLHS-3 interviewed evermarried women (age 15-49). In DLHS-3, along with ever-married women age 15-49, never married
women (age 15-24) are also included as respondents. DLHS-3 adopts a multi-stage stratified
probability proportion to size sampling design.
Bilingual questionnaires in the local language and English pertaining to Household, Ever Married
Women (age 15-49), Unmarried Women (age 15-24), Village and Health Facility were used in
DLHS-3. In the household questionnaire, information on all members of the household and
socio-economic characteristics of the household, assets possessed, number of marriages and
deaths in the household since January 2004, etc. were collected. The ever-married womens
questionnaire contained information on womens characteristics, maternal care, immunization
and childcare, contraception and fertility preferences, reproductive health including knowledge
about HIV/AIDS. The unmarried womens questionnaire contained information on womens
characteristics, family life education, awareness about reproductive health and contraception and
HIV/AIDS, etc. The village questionnaire contained information on availability of health,
education and other facilities in the village, and whether the facilities are accessible throughout
the year. The health facility questionnaires contained information on human resources,
infrastructure, and services. For the first time, a population-linked facility survey has been conducted
in DLHS-3. At the district level, all Community Health Centres and the District Hospital were
covered. Further, all Sub-Centres and Primary Health Centres which were expected to serve the
population of the selected PSU were also covered. Fieldwork in Mizoram was conducted during
April 2008 to August 2008, gathering information from 10,062 households.
This fact sheet gives information on the key indicators and trends for the state of Mizoram. At
district level, separate fact sheets are available for all 8 districts of the state.
DLHS-3
Indicators
DLHS-2 (2002-04)
1
Total
Rural
Urban
Sample size
Households ................................................................. 10,062
Ever married women (age15-49 years)............ 7,847
Currently married women (age 15-44 years).... 5,932
Unmarried women (age15-24 years)....
3,724
Population and households profile
6,456
4,991
3,872
2,175
3,606
2,856
2,060
1,549
8,726
NA
7,541
NA
5,542
NA
4,848
NA
3,184
NA
2,693
NA
89.6
32.6
5.0
97.4
29.2
5.1
89.2
37.1
5.4
84.5
39.4
5.4
97.2
32.9
5.4
Have electricity...............................
92.4
88.9
Have access to toilet facility.................................
98.2
97.2
Live in a Kachcha house..................................
29.6
39.8
Live in a Pucca house .....................................
7.0
1.3
2
Improved source of drinking water .......................................
76.2
68.2
Lowest wealth quintile .................................
1.8
2.8
Highest wealth quintile.................................
24.3
8.3
Awareness about Government health programmes (based on response from households)
98.7
99.9
11.4
17.1
90.5
0.0
53.1
83.8
97.9
29.9
11.1
52.1
5.4
17.1
75.7
96.7
44.2
1.4
40.0
8.4
5.0
97.9
99.9
4.9
28.2
73.2
0.2
38.3
Mean age at marriage for boys (marriages that occurred during the reference
3
period) ...
Mean age at marriage for girls (marriages that occurred during the reference
3
period) ....
Boys married below age 21 (marriages that occurred during the reference
3
period) (%)....
Girls married below age 18 (marriages that occurred during the reference
3
period) (%).
Currently married women age 20-24 who were married before age 18 (%)
Indicators based on currently married women (age 15-44)
Characteristics of women
92.4
31.4
5.1
78.0
62.7
98.5
38.9
72.5
55.7
98.2
28.7
87.7
75.2
99.0
57.2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
24.6
24.3
25.1
25.1
24.5
26.3
21.7
21.2
22.7
21.6
21.1
22.8
20.9
23.7
16.4
14.1
17.8
7.5
9.9
11.9
6.3
14.0
16.2
8.9
23.7
28.3
13.6
NA
NA
NA
9.2
17.9
12.8
10.0
2.4
32.8
14.2
22.3
21.5
11.7
1.1
41.4
2.8
39.7
13.3
4.0
3.0
43.6
10.4
4.3
2.3
30.1
18.0
3.5
NA
50.4
20.2
3.6
NA
NA
20.0
3.8
NA
NA
20.7
3.3
53.9
53.5
35.9
0.1
11.6
4.3
1.2
0.4
50.6
50.0
33.7
0.1
11.0
4.0
1.0
0.5
60.1
59.6
40.2
0.2
12.8
4.9
1.5
0.3
53.8
52.6
39.2
0.1
5.9
4.9
2.3
1.2
48.2
47.0
35.5
0.1
5.2
4.0
2.1
1.1
64.0
62.7
45.9
0.1
7.1
6.6
2.8
1.2
DLHS-3
DLHS-3 (2007-08)
Total
Rural Urban
Indicators
DLHS-2 (2002-04)
1
Total
Rural Urban
0.3
13.6
0.8
0.4
13.1
0.4
0.1
14.4
1.5
0.2
NA
NA
0.1
NA
NA
0.2
NA
NA
27.8
18.4
9.4
NA
NA
NA
20
12
8.0
NA
NA
NA
64.5
31.4
42.3
57.2
11.1
24.3
16.6
96.2
63.2
80.1
87.1
50.3
33.5
24.7
55.9
43.7
7.6
63.5
47.2
27.1
40.4
59.2
10.3
50.7
37.2
21.9
85.7
14.0
2.5
88.2
66.5
36.7
52.6
46.8
17.0
60.6
NA
NA
35.9
63.4
16.3
46.2
NA
NA
89.8
9.7
27.0
92.4
NA
NA
697
54.5
4.3
92.3
66.8
67.0
80.4
449
46.8
6.0
89.2
60.9
59.9
75.4
248
68.4
1.2
98.0
77.2
79.9
89.3
967
32.6
14.5
78.2
44.5
44.4
59.5
698
28.5
19.3
71.6
40.5
39.0
50.9
269
43.1
2.0
95.3
55.0
58.6
81.7
72.1
68.0
79.8
30.3
23.9
45.6
78.4
59.0
29.1
74.7
77.4
60.6
28.1
70.3
80.1
55.8
31.0
81.0
66.5
NA
31.1
NA
64.2
NA
NA
NA
71.6
NA
NA
NA
Total unmet need refers to unmet need for limiting and spacing.
Definition I: Unmet need for spacing includes the proportion of currently married women who are neither in menopause or had hysterectomy nor
are currently pregnant who want more children after two years or later and are currently not using any family planning method. The women who
are not sure about whether and when to have next child are also included. Unmet need for limiting includes the proportion of currently married
women who are neither in menopause or had hysterectomy nor are currently pregnant and do not want any more children but are currently not
using any family planning method (These definitions are same as DLHS-2).
Definition II: Unmet need for spacing includes fecund women who are neither pregnant nor amenorrhoeic, who are not using any method of
family planning, and say they want to wait two or more years for their next birth. It also includes fecund women who are not using any method of
family planning, and say they are unsure whether they want another child or who want another child but are unsure when to have the birth. Unmet
need for limiting includes fecund women who are neither pregnant nor amenorrhoeic, who are not using any method of family planning, and who
want no more children (These definitions are similar to NFHS-3).
6
Full ANC: At least three visits for antenatal check-up, one TT injection received and 100 IFA tablets or adequate amount of syrup consumed.
7
Either institutional delivery or home delivery attended by skilled health personnel (Doctor/ANM/Nurse/midwife/LHV/Other health personnel).
8
Janani Surasksha Yojana for deliveries from 1-4-2006 to survey date.
9
DLHS-2 data indicates children breastfed within two hours of birth.
10
Children who were given nothing but breast milk till the survey date.
DLHS-3
DLHS-3 (2007-08)
Indicators
Total
Rural
54.4
46.3
DLHS-2 (2002-04)
Urban
Total
Rural
Urban
41.1
34.3
56.5
69.7
3
Treatment of childhood diseases (based on last two surviving children born during the reference period)
12
Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks who received ORS (%).
Children with diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks who sought advice/treatment (%)..
Children with acute respiratory infection or fever in last 2 weeks who sought
advice/treatment (%)...............................................
Awareness of RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS
55.5
45.0
54.7
40.7
56.8
51.5
61.6
39.4
56.3
3.5
74.4
53.5
57.5
50.0
67.4
56.6
53.5
62.7
45.1
37.3
59.9
49.0
40.2
64.8
92.7
89.3
99.2
83.5
76.3
96.3
32.6
33.5
30.9
48.4
54.3
38.0
59.0
50.5
73.4
NA
NA
NA
9.8
5.9
16.3
NA
NA
NA
5.0
4.1
6.8
NA
NA
NA
0.3
0.2
0.4
NA
NA
NA
19.1
19.3
18.7
9.1
9.4
8.4
Current users ever told about side-effects of family planning methods (%)...
27.2
25.7
29.6
43.8
43.4
44.3
Users who received follow-up services for IUD/sterilization within 48 hours (%)..
50.1
44.4
59.1
NA
NA
NA
1.6
2.6
0.3
NA
NA
NA
33.2
22.8
48.0
NA
NA
NA
Unmarried women who opined family life education/sex education important (%)...
84.3
80.2
90.0
NA
NA
NA
Unmarried women who ever received family life education/sex education (%).
80.9
74.6
89.7
NA
NA
NA
Unmarried women who are aware of legal minimum age at marriage for girls in
India (%)..........................................................................................................
Awareness of contraceptive methods
92.3
89.1
96.8
NA
NA
NA
94.1
91.7
97.6
NA
NA
NA
82.2
77.5
88.8
NA
NA
NA
26.2
21.7
32.4
NA
NA
NA
Unmarried women who ever discussed about contraception with any one (%).
19.0
17.9
20.7
NA
NA
NA
50.8
41.8
63.4
NA
NA
NA
95.9
93.5
99.3
NA
NA
NA
66.2
57.3
77.9
NA
NA
NA
2.8
1.4
4.8
NA
NA
NA
13
13
Unmarried women who know the place for testing of HIV/AIDS (%)
13
DLHS-3
Indicators
Number/Percentage
Villages covered
Number of villages..........................................................................
Health Facilities covered
245
Sub-Centres....................................................................
172
53
10
170
72.2
88.2
75.5
69.4
28.6
97.1
95.4
93.0
38.4
79.1
22.6
1.9
92.5
88.7
69.8
91.9
29.7
29.7
0.0
90.0
15
80.0
70.0
16
FRUs having new born care services on 24 hour basis (%) ........................................................................
16
15
16
0.0
100.0
85.7
DLHS-3
Mizoram
Indicators at District Level (%)
Institutional Deliveries
Contraceptive Use
DLHS-3