District Level Household & Facility Survey (DLHS)

The District Level Household and facility Survey (DLHS) is a household survey at the district level and in DLHS-3, the survey covered 611 districts in India. The total number of households representing a district varies from 1000 to 1500 households. The DLHS-3 is designed to provide information on family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health of ever married women and adolescent girls, utilization of maternal and child healthcare services at the district level for India. In addition, DLHS-3 also provides information on new-born care, post-natal care within 48 hours, role of ASHA in enhancing the reproductive and child health care and coverage of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). An important component of DLHS-3 is the integration of Facility Survey of health institution (Sub centre, Primary Health Centre, Community Health Centre and District Hospital) accessible to the sampled villages. The focus of DLHS-3 is to provide health care and utilization indicators at the district level for the enhancement of the activities under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

地区级家庭与设施调查（District Level Household and Facility Survey，DLHS）是一项面向行政区层级的家庭抽样调查。在DLHS第三轮（DLHS-3）中，该调查覆盖印度611个行政区。每个代表性行政区的抽样家庭数量介于1000至1500户之间。DLHS-3旨在为印度提供行政区层级的计划生育、母婴健康、已婚育龄妇女与青春期少女生殖健康，以及母婴医疗保健服务利用情况的相关信息。此外，DLHS-3还涵盖新生儿护理、产后48小时内产后照护、认证社会健康宣传员（Accredited Social Health Activist，ASHA）在提升生殖与儿童医疗保健服务质量及扩大母亲安全计划（Janani Suraksha Yojana，JSY）覆盖范围方面的作用等内容。DLHS-3的一项核心组成部分，是对抽样村庄可及的卫生机构（包括基层医疗站、初级卫生保健中心、社区卫生中心与地区医院）开展设施调查，并将该调查数据与家庭调查数据进行整合。DLHS-3的核心目标是提供行政区层级的医疗服务与利用指标，以助力国家农村卫生使命（National Rural Health Mission，NRHM）项下各项活动的推进。