Question

According to the National Family and Health Survey-IV, couple violence for married women in India is-
1. 28.8%
2. 37.2%
3. 35.2%
4. 48.5%

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 28.8%

Concept:-

• According to the National Family and Health Survey-IV, couple violence for married women in India is 28.8%
• The main objectives of the NFHS program have been to strengthen India’s demographic and health database by providing information that is both reliable and relied upon.

• The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in India was initiated in the early 1990s with the first NFHS being conducted in 1992-93.
• Since then, India has completed many rounds -
  • NFHS-2 in 1998-99
  • NFHS-3 in 2005-06
  • NFHS-4 in 2015-16
  • NFHS-5 in 2019-20
• All rounds of the survey were conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHFW), Government of India, with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, as the nodal agency and technical assistance provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through ICF Macro (now called ICF)1.
• USAID has been the primary funder for the NFHS surveys, but in the two most recent surveys (NFHS-3 and NFHS-4), other development partners, such as DFID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA, and the MacArthur Foundation, as well as the Government of India, also supported the surveys in a major way.
• It includes High blood pressure, Diabetes, Registration of death, and others.