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 Features 
Abortion 
Abortion Questions asking women about pregnancies that ended in an abortion. Includes pregnancy histories where abortion is mentioned as an outcome or when a question such as "Did you or someone else do something to end this pregnancy?" is used.  |   
 
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 Alcohol consumption 
Alcohol consumption Questions asking about the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Can be asked of women and/or men.  |   
 
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 Birth registration 
Birth registration A question on birth registration asked about each household member under the age of 5 years.  |   
 
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 Calendar 
Calendar The DHS calendar is a month by month history of certain key reproductive and contraceptive key events in the life of the woman respondent for the 5 years preceding the interview.  |   
 
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 Cooking fuel 
Cooking fuel A question asking the household respondent about the type of cooking fuel used by the household. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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 HIV behavior 
HIV behavior Questions asking individuals about behavioral risk factors related to the transmission of HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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 HIV knowledge 
HIV knowledge Questions asking individuals about their knowledge about HIV. Can be asked of women and/or men. These are included as part of the core questionnaire.  |   
 
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 Men's survey 
Men's survey Surveys that include men in addition to women as individual respondents.  |   
 
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 Paper survey 
Paper survey Interviews conducted with paper questionnaires which are later entered into a computer at a central office.  |   
 
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 Tobacco use 
Tobacco use Questions asking individuals about the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco products. Can be asked of women and/or men.  |   
 
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