The scope of the PHC 2001 includes:
Individual demographic characteristics
Population education
Population employment
Fertility
Mortality
Population internal movements and migration
Household housing facilities and accessibility to socio-economic services
The scope of the Dempgraphic and Health Survey 2006 includes:
- HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, household listing, orphaned children, education, labour, water and sanitation, dwelling characteristics and malaria prevention.
- WOMEN: Individual characteristics, reproduction, maternal and child health, family planning, fertility preferences, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, attitudes to issues of well-being, and sexual risk behaviour
- HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, Questions on crime.
- INDIVIDUAL(woman): Respondent and her community, General health, Reproductive health, Children, Current or most recent partner, Attitudes, Respondent and her partner, Injuries, Impact and coping, Partner's treatment of children, Other experiences, Financial autonomy, Completion of interview.
- HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, water and sanitation, energy, household equipments.
- INDIVIDUAL: Individual characteristics, education, literacy, fertility, economic activities.