High national and sub-national coverage of iodised salt in India: evidence from the first National Iodine and Salt Intake Survey (NISI) 2014-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The National Iodine and Salt Intake Survey (NISI) 2014-2015 was undertaken to estimate household iodised salt coverage at national and sub-national levels in India.

Design

Cross-sectional survey with multistage stratified random sampling.

Setting

India was divided into six geographic zones (South, West, Central, North, East and North-East) and each zone was further stratified into rural and urban areas to yield twelve distinct survey strata.

Subjects

The target respondent from each household was selected as per predefined priority; wife of the household head, followed by women of reproductive age, followed by any adult available during the visit.

Results

Households (n 5717) were surveyed and salt samples (n 5682) were analysed. Household covera

SUBMITTER: Pandav CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260869 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature