Trends and Inequalities in Use of Maternal Health Care Services in Nepal: Strategy in the Search for Improvements

Table 1

Number of households, women of reproductive age, and children under five by survey year.

	NFHS 1996	NDHS 2001	NDHS 2006	NDHS 2011
Total households ()	8082	8602	8707	10826
Response rate (%)	99.6	99.6	99.6	99.4
Total women of reproductive age (15–49 yrs) ()	8429	8726	10973	12674
Response rate (%)	98.2	98.2	98.4	98.1
Total married women of reproductive age (15–49 yrs) ()	7978	8324	8244	9459
Total children under five ()	4417	6931	5783	5306