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Nov 26, 2021 · Introduction. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has released the 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) that belongs to phase-2 states along with all-India data. The Survey offers the status of key indicators such as population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India.
Dec 31, 2021 · Read more: Reading sex ratio trends in NFHS-5 data. Source: DTE. Participation in paid works: Only 25.4% of women aged 15-49 years who worked in the last 12 months were paid in cash. This figure is abysmally low with almost negligible improvement from the last survey (2015-16). None of the states crossed the 50 per cent mark in this category.
Dec 26, 2020 · The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted based on the representative samples collected from households throughout India. The NFHS survey provides state and national information for India on various health parameters such as fertility, infant and child mortality, the practice of family planning ...
Jan 10, 2022 · Though NFHS-4 estimated it to be 919 in 2015–16, according to NFHS-5 estimates, SRB has increased to 929. This is encouraging. However, it has decreased in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar and Jharkhand among others. Stunted children: The proportion of stunted children below the age of five has marginally declined from 38.4% to 35.4%.
Nov 25, 2021 · Women’s empowerment: Significant progress has been recorded between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 in regard to women operating bank accounts from 53% to 79% at an all-India level. What are the significant things to consider from NFHS-5 Survey? Achievement of TFR is a significant feat for the country’s family-planning programme. But, the onus of family ...
Dec 20, 2021 · NFHS-5 results indicate an improvement over the last four years from 991 women in 2015-16 to 1,020 women in 2019-21 for every 1,000 men. This data is significant because, -The NFHS is the world’s largest household survey, (over 6,36,699 households), hence it has better reliability than any other national survey.
May 11, 2022 · But the fall has been sharpest in the Muslim community from 4.4 in NFHS 1(1992-93) to 2.3 in NFHS 5(2019-2021). – However, the Muslim community’s TFR still remains the highest among all religious communities with the Hindu community’s fertility rate of 1.94, the Christian community has a fertility rate of 1.88, the Sikh community at 1.61, the Jain community at 1.6 and Buddhist and neo-Buddhist community at 1.39.
Jul 11, 2024 · India has one of the youngest populations (62.5% of its population in the age group 15-59) in an aging world. India’s Demographic Status According to the State of World Population Report 2023, published by the UNFPA, India has surpassed China as the most populous country, with a population of 142.86 crores compared to China’s 142.57 crores.
News: Recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) shows remarkable improvement in New Welfarism. Must read: NFHS-5 and its findings – Explained, pointwise What is New Welfarism? According to the authors, New Welfarism does not prioritise the supply of public goods such as basic health and primary education as governments have done around the world historically.
Dec 17, 2020 · Situation of Nutrition in India as per NFHS-5 survey and other measures. As per the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4), 35.7 per cent children below five years were underweight in India compared to Bangladesh (22 per cent) and Nepal (27 per cent). 38.4 per cent were stunted.
