Matlab Health and Socio-Economic Survey (MHSS)
The MHSS was carried out in 1996 to examine health status, health care utilization, social network characteristics, and the impact of community services and infrastructure with respect to adults and elderly persons residing in the Matlab region of rural Bangladesh. The survey was administered to three groups: the Main Household Data (MHD) sample of 4,364 households, the Determinants of Natural Fertility Survey (DNSF) sample of 2,441 women from 1,789 households, and the Outmigrant (MIG) sample of 552 participants who had left and not returned to the original household of the MHD sample.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
4,364 (MHD participants)
552 (MIG participants)
2,441 (DNSF participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The Matlab subdistrict of Bangladesh population in 1996.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
Harvard University
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Links
adcnet.isr.umich.edu/survey/matlab-health-and-socio-economic-survey-mhss/
rand.org/well-being/social-and-behavioral-policy/data/FLS/MHSS.html
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Research & Empirical Analysis of Labor Migration (REALM)
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
