A Comparative Study of National Family Health Survey-4 and National Family Health Survey-5 of Family Planning Methods

Introduction An extensive, multi-round survey called the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) was carried out in a representative sample of Indian homes. The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), located in Mumbai, India, ICF, located in Maryland, Calverton and the East-West Center, located in Hawaii, Honolulu, collaborated on the NFHS project. The Government of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), which is in charge of coordinating and providing technical assistance for the NFHS, has designated IIPS as its nodal agency. With additional support from UNICEF, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) oversees the NFHS financing. IIPS worked with many Field Organizations (FO) to administer the survey. Each FO was in charge of carrying out survey operations in one or more of the NFHS-covered states. ICF and the East-West Center provide technical assistance for the NFHS [1].