If initial trends indicated by data from the first phase of the survey hold for subsequent phases, many gains made in the recent past with regard to women and children’s health and wellbeing could be reversed, as we
reported on December 13.
More women report having worked
While National Family Health Survey reports a marginal increase in the percentage of women who said they had worked for cash, it does not factor in the effect of the pandemic on India’s already low female labour force participation of 24%, as recorded in the
Employment data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy for November 2020
Men in dry Bihar consume more alcohol than in Maharashtra: Govt survey
This is to be noted that Bihar has had a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol since April 2016. Image for representation
Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 12:56 PM IST
Bihar, the state with a prohibition order in place, sees a higher proportion of people consuming alcohol than Maharashtra, revealed in the first phase of the recently-released National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20.
According to the NFHS report, 15.5% of the male population aged 15 years and above in Bihar consume alcohol. In urban regions of the state, 14% of men aged 15 years and above drink alcohol, while the percentage is 15.8 in rural Bihar.
What Prohibition? NFHS Report Finds Bihar Drinks More Than Maharashtra
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Alcohol and consumption of tobacco-related products have always shown to be very unevenly divided across the country and now, adding to it, the recent report of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS) has also revealed some interesting new developments. Bihar, the state with a prohibition order in place, sees more alcohol consumption than Maharashtra, the report found.
The report found that while 14 percent of men in urban areas consume alcohol, 15.8 percent of their rural counterparts did the same. Tobacco consumption too showed interesting results with the areas of north-east featuring on top of the list.
National Family Health Survey: India s population stabilising as total fertility rate declines across states ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 15:20 IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, on Tuesday, released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for 22 States/Union Territories (UTs) of the First Phase of the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) on Universal Health Coverage Day on December 12, 2020.
The press release stated, “The fieldwork in the remaining 14 (Phase-II) States/UTs is currently under progress. The main objective of successive rounds of the NFHS is to provide reliable and comparable datasets on health, family welfare and other emerging issues. The NFHS-5 is being conducted in around 6.1 lakh sample households to provide disaggregated data up to district levels. And this data so g
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan, on Tuesday, released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for 22 States/Union Territories (UTs) of the First Phase of the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) on Universal Health Coverage Day on December 12, 2020.
The press release stated, The fieldwork in the remaining 14 (Phase-II) States/UTs is currently under progress. The main objective of successive rounds of the NFHS is to provide reliable and comparable datasets on health, family welfare and other emerging issues. The NFHS-5 is being conducted in around 6.1 lakh sample households to provide disaggregated data up to district levels. And this data so generated when completed would be comparable with NFHS-4 without any loss of information.