NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Central Statistics Organization (Afghanistan) Geography Afghanistan (AFG) Coverage type Country Time period covered 06/2005 - 08/2005 Series or system Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) Data type Survey: GPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterview Summary The 2005 National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) studied the needs and vulnerabilities of urban, rural and nomadic populations (Kuchi) in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Unlike the 2003 NRVA, this survey used population-based sampling and the random start method. It also utilized female enumerators for the first time. Questionnaires were administered at the shura and household level (except for market data collected at the district level). The survey collected data from 30,822 households. Topics included household consumption of food and other items, agricultural activities, maternal and child health, and coping strategies to shocks, such as natural disasters. A report may be available through IHSN or the library system. Keywords Agriculture, Antenatal care, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Crops, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Disasters, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Fever, Food, Health care access, Health care use, Health literacy, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household heat, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Immunization, Income, Injectable contraceptives, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Night blindness, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Poverty, Pregnancy, Prices, Refrigeration, Roads, Sanitation, Seizures, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Traditional healers, Transportation, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (Afghanistan) European Union (EU) Central Statistics Organization (Afghanistan) Funders European Union (EU) Suggested citation Central Statistics Organization (Afghanistan), European Union (EU), Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (Afghanistan). Afghanistan National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 2005. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023