Overview
Abstract
The purpose of the RHS was to establish a complete statistical data set on fertility, infant mortality, family planning, maternal health related to antenatal care, pregnancy difficulties and delivery complications. Moreover, through this survey some data on child health, breastfeeding, women's and men's attitude towards family planning and AIDS were collected. This information is important firstly, for the evaluation of the current vital statistics on fertility and infant mortality; secondly, for understanding the factors that influence the reproductive health of women and the health and survival of infants and young children. The output of the survey can be used for policies and programs in relation to maternal and child health in Mongolia. In addition, the results of the survey may suggest some changes in the registration of infant deaths and in the reporting system, or in the use of statistical tools for the measuring of fertility and infant mortality levels in Mongolia.The survey findings are especially important now when the country is in the transition period, because it provides some information on awareness of people about family planning and AIDS. During the socialist period people did not have experiences of using family planning, and similarly, they did not know the danger of AIDS. Overall, the findings of RHS will become a useful source of information necessary for health care reform in Mongolia.
A further objective was to instill in the NSO the capacity to carry out large-scale, nationally representative and internationally comparable scientific surveys. It is expected that the survey will provide policy makers, health officials and researchers with data essential for informed policy-making, program execution, and further research.
The RHS has the following objectives:
Gather information on fertility, mortality and family planning at the national level;
Determine fertility, knowledge of contraceptives, and level of contraceptive use by region and rural-urban residence, age, educational level, and other background characteristics of women;
Gather information on specific health issues such as child health, breastfeeding practices, prenatal care, difficulties and complications during pregnancy, and abortion;
Disseminate Mongolian data on reproduction, health and family planning both within the country and internationally;
Provide policy makers and researchers with data essential for informed policy-making and further research.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of Analysis
-Households
-Women aged 15-49
-Husbands of the women
-Children
This survey was to establish a complete statistical data set on fertility, infant mortality, family planning, maternal health related to antenatal care, pregnancy difficulties and delivery complications. Moreover, through this survey some data on child health, breastfeeding, women's and men's attitude towards family planning and AIDS were collected.
The survey is nationally and regionally (5 regions - West, Central, East, South, Ulaanbaatar) representative and covers the whole of Mongolia.
All women between the ages of 15 and 49 , three husbands out of five married women and their children above 5 years old.
