Indonesian Family Life Surveys (IFLS)

The Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) is a household and community-facility survey conducted in Indonesia in 1993 by Lembaga Demografi of the University of Indonesia, and RAND. The IFLS was conducted in 13 provinces, encompassing about 83 percent of the Indonesian population and much of its heterogeneity. The Household Survey, which interviewed 7,224 households, focuses on four broad topic areas:

• fertility, family planning, and contraception;
• infant and child health and survival;
• migration and employment;
• the health, economic, and social functioning of the older population.

The Community-Facility Survey obtained data from the village leaders and heads of the village women's groups in the 321 enumeration areas from which IFLS households were drawn. Additionally, for each enumeration area, the Community-Facility Survey collected data for each of these communities from around 20 schools and health facilities serving residents of the community. The facilities covered were drawn from those mentioned in the household survey. The IFLS data were described in the second FLS Newsletter (November 1995). More detailed information is provided in the IFLS documentation, which is available on-line and in hardcopy form.