Sri Lanka - Demographic and Health Survey 1987

The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is an important link in a chain of surveys carried out in Sri Lanka in the past decade or so. Having been designed as part of an international survey program and modelled on the lines of the well renowned World Fertility Survey (WFS) program, the DHS provides an exceptionally valuable source of data for the estimation of trends over time within Sri Lanka as well as for cross national comparison. The survey focussed primarily on fertility, contraception and child mortality as did WFS but. also measured several indicators of child health, particularly immunization coverage and nutrition status. The inclusion of health sector information has been welcome and fruitful, for improve- ment of nutrition status is a subject to which the Government of Sri Lanka has accorded high priority. The Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey has the following objectives: 1. To provide policymakers and administrators with current and accurate data on fertility, morbidity, family planning and selected indicators of health status which could be used for planning new strategies for the wellbeing of the population; etc. 2. To provide data which can be used to analyze trends over time. The SLDHS examines many of the same fertility, mortality, and health issues that were addressed in earlier surveys, most notably the SLWFS and the more recent SLCPS; and 3. To add to the international body of data which can be used for comparative studies.

人口与健康调查（Demographic and Health Survey, DHS）是近十余年来斯里兰卡开展的系列调查中的关键环节。该调查作为国际调查项目的组成部分设计，其框架借鉴自享誉全球的世界生育调查（World Fertility Survey, WFS）项目，可为斯里兰卡国内的时间趋势估算以及跨国比较提供极具价值的数据来源。与WFS一致，本次调查最初聚焦于生育、避孕与儿童死亡率，但同时也测算了多项儿童健康指标，尤以免疫接种覆盖率与营养状况为重点。纳入卫生领域相关信息的举措广受赞誉且成果丰硕，因为改善营养状况正是斯里兰卡政府高度优先推进的议题。
斯里兰卡人口与健康调查（Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey, SLDHS）设有如下目标：
1. 为政策制定者与行政管理人员提供有关生育、发病情况、计划生育以及部分健康状况指标的最新精准数据，以助力制定提升国民福祉的全新发展策略等；
2. 提供可用于分析时间趋势的相关数据；
3. 扩充可用于比较研究的国际数据集储备。
同时，本次SLDHS还覆盖了此前多项调查所探讨的生育、死亡与健康相关议题，其中尤以SLWFS以及近期开展的SLCPS最为典型。