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National Demographic and Health Survey 2017

Philippines, 2017
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PHL_2017_DHS_v01_M
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, Household Questionnaire
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Author(s) Philippines Statistics Authority
Date 2017-06-23
Country Philippines
Language English
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2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, Woman's Questionnaire
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Author(s) Philippines Statistics Authority
Date 2017-07-10
Country Philippines
Language English
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2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, Fieldworker Questionnaire
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Author(s) Philippines Statistics Authority
Date 2017-06-16
Country Philippines
Language English
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Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey 2017, Report
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Author(s) Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City, Philippines The DHS Program, ICF, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Date 2018-10-01
Country Philippines
Language English
Table of contents TABLES AND FIGURES .......................................................................................................................... vii
PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................... xv
ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................... xvii
READING AND UNDERSTANDING TABLES FROM THE NDHS 2017 ........................................ xix
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL INDICATORS ............................................................... xxvii
MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES ............................................................................................................. xxviii

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 Field Staff ......................................................................................................... 3
1.6 Fieldwork ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.7 Data Processing ................................................................................................................... 4
1.8 Response Rates .................................................................................................................... 4

2 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AND HOUSEHOLD POPULATION ................................ 5
2.1 Drinking Water Sources and Treatment .............................................................................. 5
2.2 Sanitation ............................................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Exposure to Smoke inside the Home ................................................................................... 7
2.4 Household Wealth ............................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Handwashing ....................................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Household Population and Composition ............................................................................. 9
2.7 Birth Registration .............................................................................................................. 10
2.8 Education ........................................................................................................................... 10
2.8.1 Educational Attainment ....................................................................................... 10
2.8.2 School Attendance ............................................................................................... 11

3 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS ............................................................................. 27
3.1 Basic Characteristics of Survey Respondents .................................................................... 27
3.2 Education ........................................................................................................................... 28
3.3 Mass Media Exposure and Internet Usage ........................................................................ 29
3.4 Employment ...................................................................................................................... 30
3.5 Occupation ......................................................................................................................... 31
3.6 Health Insurance Coverage ................................................................................................ 32
3.7 Tobacco Use and Alcohol Consumption ........................................................................... 33
3.7.1 Tobacco Use ........................................................................................................ 33
3.7.2 Alcohol Consumption .......................................................................................... 33

4 MARRIAGE AND EXPOSURE TO THE RISK OF PREGNANCY ...................................... 47
4.1 Marital Status ..................................................................................................................... 47
4.2 Age at First Marriage ......................................................................................................... 48
4.3 Age at First Menstruation (Menarche) .............................................................................. 49
4.4 Age at First Sexual Intercourse ......................................................................................... 49
4.5 Recent Sexual Activity ...................................................................................................... 50
4.6 Spouses Living Separately ................................................................................................. 50

5 FERTILITY ................................................................................................................................... 57
5.1 Current Fertility ................................................................................................................. 57
5.2 Children Ever Born and Living ......................................................................................... 58
5.3 Birth Intervals .................................................................................................................... 59
5.4 Insusceptibility to Pregnancy ............................................................................................. 59
5.5 Age at First Birth ............................................................................................................... 60
5.6 Childbearing among Teenagers and Youth ....................................................................... 61

6 FERTILITY PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 71
6.1 Desire for Another Child ................................................................................................... 71
6.2 Ideal Family Size ............................................................................................................... 72
6.3 Fertility Planning Status .................................................................................................... 73
6.4 Wanted Fertility Rates ....................................................................................................... 74
6.5 Couples’ Consensus on Family Size.................................................................................. 74

7 FAMILY PLANNING .................................................................................................................. 81
7.1 Contraceptive Knowledge and Use ................................................................................... 82
7.2 Source of Modern Contraceptive Methods ........................................................................ 83
7.3 Cost of Contraceptive Methods ......................................................................................... 84
7.4 Informed Choice ................................................................................................................ 84
7.5 Demand for Family Planning ............................................................................................ 85
7.6 Contact of Nonusers with Family Planning Providers ....................................................... 87
7.7 Attitudes toward Minors’ Use of Contraception................................................................ 87

8 INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY ...................................................................................... 103
8.1 Infant and Child Mortality ............................................................................................... 104
8.2 Biodemographic Risk Factors ......................................................................................... 104
8.3 Perinatal Mortality ........................................................................................................... 106
8.4 High-risk Fertility Behavior ............................................................................................ 106

9 MATERNAL HEALTH CARE ................................................................................................. 111
9.1 Antenatal Care Coverage ................................................................................................. 112
9.1.1 Skilled Providers ................................................................................................ 112
9.1.2 Timing and Number of ANC Visits ................................................................... 112
9.2 Components of ANC Visits ............................................................................................. 113
9.3 Protection against Neonatal Tetanus ............................................................................... 113
9.4 Problems Experienced during Pregnancy and Delivery .................................................. 114
9.5 Delivery Services ............................................................................................................. 114
9.5.1 Institutional Deliveries ....................................................................................... 114
9.5.2 Skilled Assistance during Delivery .................................................................... 115
9.5.3 Delivery by Caesarean ....................................................................................... 116
9.6 Postnatal Care .................................................................................................................. 117
9.6.1 Postnatal Health Check for Mothers .................................................................. 117
9.6.2 Postnatal Health Check for Newborns ............................................................... 117
9.7 Problems in Accessing Health Care ................................................................................ 118

10 CHILD HEALTH ........................................................................................................................ 137
10.1 Birth Weight .................................................................................................................... 137
10.2 Vaccination of Children ................................................................................................... 138
10.3 Symptoms of Acute Respiratory Infection ...................................................................... 141
10.4 Fever ................................................................................................................................ 142
10.5 Diarrheal Disease ............................................................................................................. 142
10.5.1 Prevalence of Diarrhea and Treatment-seeking Behavior .................................. 142
10.5.2 Feeding Practices ............................................................................................... 142
10.5.3 Oral Rehydration Therapy and Other Treatments .............................................. 143
10.6 Treatment of Childhood Illness: Summary ...................................................................... 144
10.7 Disposal of Children’s Stools .......................................................................................... 144

11 BREASTFEEDING, COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING, AND MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION ...... 161
11.1 Infant and Young Child Feeding ..................................................................................... 161
11.1.1 Initiation of Breastfeeding ................................................................................. 162
11.1.2 Breastfeeding Status and Complementary Feeding by Age ............................... 163
11.1.3 Duration of Breastfeeding .................................................................................. 164
11.2 Micronutrient Intake and Supplementation among Children ........................................... 164
11.3 Micronutrient Intake among Mothers .............................................................................. 165

12 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR .......................... 173
12.1 HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Transmission, and Prevention Methods .................................... 173
12.2 Knowledge about Mother-to-Child Transmission ........................................................... 175
12.3 Discriminatory Attitudes towards People Living with HIV ............................................ 175
12.4 Multiple Sexual Partners ................................................................................................. 176
12.5 Coverage of HIV Testing Services .................................................................................. 176
12.5.1 Awareness of HIV Testing Services and Experience with HIV Testing ........... 176
12.6 HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Behavior among Young People ............................. 177
12.6.1 Knowledge ......................................................................................................... 177
12.6.2 First Sex ............................................................................................................. 178
12.6.3 Premarital Sex .................................................................................................... 178
12.6.4 Multiple Sexual Partners .................................................................................... 178
12.6.5 Coverage of HIV Testing Services .................................................................... 178

13 HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND FINANCING ............................................................ 189
13.1 Health Insurance .............................................................................................................. 189
13.1.1 Health Insurance Coverage ................................................................................ 190
13.1.2 PhilHealth Insurance Coverage .......................................................................... 190
13.2 Recent Health Care Treatment ........................................................................................ 191
13.3 Hospital Care ................................................................................................................... 191
13.4 Cost of Treatment ............................................................................................................ 192

14 WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ................................................................................................ 201
14.1 Married Women’s Employment ...................................................................................... 202
14.2 Control over Women’s Earnings ..................................................................................... 202
14.3 Control over Men’s Earnings .......................................................................................... 203
14.4 Women’s Ownership of Assets ....................................................................................... 203
14.5 Bank Accounts and Mobile Phones ................................................................................. 204
14.6 Women’s Participation in Decision Making .................................................................... 204
14.7 Attitudes towards Wife Beating ...................................................................................... 205
14.8 Negotiating Sexual Relations .......................................................................................... 206

15 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ............................................................................................. 219
15.1 Measurement of Violence ................................................................................................ 220
15.2 Women’s Experience of Physical Violence .................................................................... 220
15.2.1 Perpetrators of Physical Violence ...................................................................... 221
15.3 Experience of Sexual Violence ........................................................................................ 221
15.3.1 Prevalence of Sexual Violence .......................................................................... 221
15.3.2 Perpetrators of Sexual Violence ......................................................................... 222
15.4 Experience of Different Forms of Violence .................................................................... 222
15.5 Marital Control by Husband/Partner ............................................................................... 222
15.6 Forms of Spousal Violence .............................................................................................. 223
15.6.1 Prevalence of Spousal Violence ......................................................................... 223
15.7 Injuries to Women due to Spousal Violence ................................................................... 225
15.8 Violence Initiated by Women against Husbands ............................................................. 225
15.9 Help Seeking among Women Who Have Experienced Violence .................................... 226
15.9.1 Sources for Help ................................................................................................ 226

REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 251
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN ........................................................................................................ 253
A.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 253
A.2 Sample Frame .................................................................................................................. 253
A.3 Sample Design and Implementation ................................................................................ 256
A.4 Sample Probabilities and Sampling Weights ................................................................... 259
APPENDIX B ESTIMATES OF SAMPLING ERRORS ................................................................... 261
APPENDIX C DATA QUALITY TABLES ......................................................................................... 285
APPENDIX D PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND
HEALTH SURVEY (NDHS) 2017 ............................................................................... 289
APPENDIX E QUESTIONNAIRES ..................................................................................................... 299
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Philippines 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, Key Findings
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2018-10-01
Country Philippines
Language English
Download https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/SR253/SR253.pdf
Philippines Fast Facts from The Philippines NDHS 2017
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2018-10-01
Country Philippines
Language English
Download https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/DM138/DM138.pdf
Survey Presentations NDHS 2017
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Author(s) The DHS Program
Date 2018-10-01
Country Philippines
Language English
Download https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PPT66/PPT66.zip
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