Yemen - Hajjah Nutritional Status and Mortality Survey 2014
General Info
Original or alternative title
Nutritional anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey children 6 to 59 months Low land and Mountainous Ecological Zones Hajja Governorate, Yemen
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
May, 2014 - May, 2014
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview
Summary
The purpose of this survey was to investigate the levels of nutrition and malnutrition present in children aged 6-59 months. The survey also sought to estimate crude and under-five death rates. To collect this information, this survey adopted the UNICEF Standardized Monitoring and Assessment for Relief and Transition (SMART) methodology.
The data were collected through in-person household interviews and anthropometric measurements taken from children. This survey took place in the mountainous and coastal zones in Hajjah. The sample size for this survey was 579 mountainous zone households and 644 coastal zone households.
Keywords
Adult mortality, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Children, Diarrhea, Diet, Edema, Education, Employment, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Fishing, Health behaviors, Health care access, Height, Household deaths, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Immunization, Infant mortality, Insecticide-treated bednets, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Pharmacies, Polio vaccines, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Sanitation, Symptoms, Vaccination cards, Violence, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight
Citation
Funders
Suggested citation
Ministry of Public Health and Population (Yemen), Yemen UNICEF. Yemen - Hajjah Nutrition and Mortality Survey 2015.