NFHS-3 MANUALS
To maintain uniform survey procedures across the states and minimize non-sampling errors, the following comprehensive manuals were prepared.
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MANUAL FOR HOUSEHOLD LISTING AND MAPPING
The manual for household listing and mapping describes the procedures for drawing location and layout maps of sampled areas, household listing, and selecting households for the survey. This manual also describes the roles and responsibilities of mappers and listers.
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INTERVIEWER’S MANUAL
Interviewer’s manual describes the interviewing techniques, procedure for filling the questionnaire and discussion on each question of all the questionnaires. The manual also provides the details of all fieldwork procedures.
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SUPERVISOR’S AND EDITOR’S MANUAL
The supervisor and editor’s manual describes in detail the preparation, organization and monitoring of the fieldwork. The roles and responsibilities of supervisor and editor are discussed in this manual.
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TRAINING GUIDELINES
This manual was produced as an aid to all organizations involved in implementing NFHS-3 fieldwork, to design and implement field staff training. This document provides general guidelines for organizing and conducting the training of the field staff.
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ANTHROPOMETRY, ANAEMIA AND HIV TESTING FIELD MANUAL
This manual describes all the field procedures to be followed in the process of measurement of biomarkers, with illustrative diagrams. The steps to be followed in the measurement of height and weight and haemoglobin content in the blood of children and adults are discussed in details. The procedures of blood collection for HIV testing, making Dried Blood Samples (DBS), and transporting DBS to collection centres of the central laboratory are described. The protocol for disposal of biohazard waste is also described.
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TRAINING INTERVIEWERS TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS SECTION (SECTION 10) OF THE NFHS-3 WOMAN’S QUESTIONNAIRE
This is an addendum to the Interviewer’s manual. Since domestic violence is a very sensitive issue, and many women may be reluctant to disclose experiences of violence, these training guidelines give particular emphasis to developing the necessary awareness and skills for maximizing disclosure, without placing respondents or staff at risk.
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PROJECT DIRECTOR’S MANUAL
This manual provides a short list of all the activities and protocols involved in NFHS-3, which are useful for the Project Director in the central office who is overall in-charge of NFHS-3 in the state and is expected to oversee all the project activities.
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MANUAL FOR SECONDARY DATA EDITS
This manual describes methods for data entry and secondary editing. | 
