The 2022 NDHS is the 12th in the series of national demographic and health surveys conducted in the Philippines every five years since 1968. The nationwide data collection started on 02 May 2022 and target to be completed on 22 June 2022. This year’s NDHS utilized twenty-six personnel, of which seven (7) are hired team supervisors and nineteen (19) are hired field interviewers to cover 2,182 sample households throughout Region X. Additionally, all women who are 15 to 49 years old of the sample household are eligible to be interviewed for the individual woman’s questionnaire. Team supervisors and field interviewers were carefully trained on the concepts, administration of questionnaires, field operations guidelines, and the use of android tablets for the computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) to ensure the quality of data that will be collected.
The Philippine’s 2022 NDHS is a national sample survey designed to collect information on population, fertility, family planning, marriage, child health, child survival, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), reproductive health, nutrition, gender issues, domestic violence, tobacco and alcohol use and other health-related indicators that will be helpful to policy-makers and program planners in health and family planning interventions. Information on child discipline and early childhood development will also be collected in this NDHS round. This undertaking of the PSA is with technical assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the ICF International and the Commission on Population provided some of the tablets for the data collection.
The PSA is asking for the support of the public for the successful conduct of the survey. The office also assures the respondents that the data which will be collected by the field interviewers will be held strictly confidential as well as observance of the minimum health protocols during the conduct of the survey.
