For the 1999 KDHS three questionnaires were used: the Household Questionnaire, the Women’s Questionnaire, and the Men’s Questionnaire. These questionnaires were based on the model survey instruments developed for the MEASURE DHS+ program and were adapted to the data needs of Kazakhstan during consultations with specialists from the national health system. The questionnaires were developed in English and then translated into Russian and Kazakh. A pretest was conducted in April 1999. Based on the pretest experience, the questionnaires were further modified.
The Household Questionnaire was used to enumerate all usual members and visitors in a sample household and to collect information relating to the socioeconomic position of the household. In the first part of the Household Questionnaire, information was collected on age, sex, educational attainment, and relationship to the head of household for each person listed as a household member or visitor. A primary objective of the first part of the Household Questionnaire was to identify women and men who were eligible for the individual interview. In the second part of the Household Questionnaire, questions were included on the dwelling unit, such as the number of rooms, the flooring material, the source of water, and the type of toilet facilities, and on the availability of a variety of consumer goods.
The Women’s Questionnaire was used to collect information from women age 15-49 on the following major topics:
• Background characteristics
• Pregnancy history
• Outcome of pregnancies, antenatal and postnatal care
• Child health and nutrition practices
• Child immunization and episodes of diarrhea and respiratory illness
• Knowledge and use of contraception
• Marriage and fertility preferences
• Husband’s background and woman’s work
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections
• Maternal and child anthropometry
• Hemoglobin measurement of women and children.
The Men’s Questionnaire was used to collect information from men age 15-59 on the following topics:
• Background characteristics
• Reproduction
• Contraceptive knowledge and use
• Marriage
• Fertility preferences and attitudes about family planning
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
For 2012 HHS two questionnaires were used: the Household Questionnaire, and the Health Questionnaire. The questionnaires were pretested (piloted) and based on the pretest experience, they will be further modified.
The Household Questionnaire was used to enumerate all usual members and visitors in a sample household to collect information relating to the socioeconomic position of the household. In the first part of the Household Questionnaire, information was collected on age, sex, educational attainment, and relationship to the head of household for each person listed as a household member or visitor. A primary objective of the first part of the Household Questionnaire was to identify women and men eligible for the individual interview. In the second part of the Household Questionnaire, questions were included on the dwelling unit, and on the availability of a variety of consumer goods.
The Health Questionnaire was used to collect information from people age 15 and over on the following major topics:
• General health status,
• Health care services – general topics and recent use of services,
• Out-of-pocket health expenditures
• Tobacco, alcohol, diet and exercise,
• Blood pressure measurement,
• Socio-economic status
• Personal data.