Maternal-Child Health and Family Planning Survey Honduras 1984 final report.

In 1984 a Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Survey was carried out in Honduras. The survey was a multistage area probability survey. Among the most important findings of the survey are the following: 1) The total fertility rate declined over the period 1982-84 from 5.53 to 5.33. 2) Estimates of the infant mortality rate using indirect techniques suggest that the rate was 71/1000 live births in 1981 and is in line with declining infant mortality during the 1970s. 3) 83% of women reported that they received prenatal care during their last pregnancy; almost 2/3 received institutional care and 46% received care from a traditional birth attendant. 55% of births took place at home. Only 28% of women had a postpartum check-up but 84% of mothers took their baby for a check-up. 4) the mean duration of breastfeeding was 16.2 months; 19.0 months in rural areas. It increased by 1 month since the 1981 survey. 5) Among children less than 5 years of age the % that had adequate immunization coverage was 82% for both polio and measles 69% for tuberculosis and 67% for DPT. 6) 20% of the children less than age 5 were reported to have had diarrhea on the day of the surevy during the previous 2 days. 7) The % of women in union in the age group 15-44 that were contracepting was 35%.