The 6th National Family Health Survey NFHS fact sheets, when finally released on Friday, May 29, display some ‘Houdini tricks’. A set of crucial data on cooking fuel, sanitation, anaemia, quality of planning services, knowledge about HIV, and several population and household indicators are missing in the latest fact sheet.
While the NFHS-5 fact sheet had 131 key indicators, it has dropped to 101 in the latest document, with crucial data on anaemia, sex ratio at birth, infant and child mortality, and quality of family planning services missing. It is unclear whether some of these indicators were omitted in the fact sheets but would be included in the detailed national report that is normally published within a couple of months after release of the fact sheet.
