Pakistan: Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07

The 2006-07 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) is the largest household-based survey ever conducted in Pakistan. Teams visited 972 sample points across Pakistan and collected data from a nationally representative sample of over 95,000 households. Such a large sample size was required to measure the maternal mortality ratio at the national level. In fact, this is the first survey that provides direct estimates of the maternal mortality ratio at the national level.