DLHS family

District Level Household Survey

District-oriented reproductive and child health surveys. Useful historical counterpart to NFHS for district program monitoring.

Host: MoHFW / IIPS

1998–992002–042007–082012–13

Related series: NFHS

When the design was revised
  • 1998–99 (DLHS-1)

    Program-oriented district RCH design.

  • 2012–13 (DLHS-4)

    Facility-linked measures alongside household indicators.

Years available in this catalog

Each year opens the wave/edition record (access, variables, limitations).

  1. 1998–99Design shift

    District Level Household Survey 1 (1998–99)

    Early district-oriented RCH program evidence

    Request-only
    Open year
  2. 2002–04

    District Level Household Survey 2 (2002–04)

    District-level RCH evidence in the early 2000s

    Registration required
    Open year
  3. 2007–08

    District Level Household Survey 3 (2007–08)

    All-district RCH comparisons around NRHM expansion

    Registration required
    Open year
  4. 2012–13LatestDesign shift

    District Level Household Survey 4 (2012–13)

    Often paired with AHS/NFHS for district triangulation.

    Registration required
    Open year