National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21: Assam

Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS report for 2019-21 is the fifth in this series. It provides information on population, health and nutrition in 28 states, eight union territories, and 707 districts of India. NFHS-5 presents district-level data on indicators such as population, fertility, family planning, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, domestic violence and disability. This report on Assam – published in April 2021 – presents information covering 33 districts. Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd. conducted the fieldwork for the report between June 17, and December 21, 2019, covering 30,119 households, 34,979 women (aged 15-49 years) and 4,973 men (aged 15-54 years)...