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Pakistan National Nutrition Survey 2011

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General Info
Geography 
Pakistan (PAK)
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2011 - 12/2011
Series or system 
Pakistan National Nutrition Survey (NNS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2011 assessed nutritional levels and health status of mothers and children in Pakistan. Data were collected through a household questionnaire, 24-hour dietary recall, and a physical examination. Hemoglobin levels and anthropometric measurements were also recorded, and urine samples were collected from mothers for iodine deficiency. The survey sampled 30,000 households from 1,500 primary sampling units, with 27,963 households successfully interviewed.

Keywords 
24HR dietary recall, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth weight, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, COPD, Calcium, Children, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Edema, Education, Fever, Fish, Folic acid, Fruits, Goiter, Headache, Health care use, Health literacy, Height, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Infant care, Infants, Influenza, Intestinal nematode infections, Iron supplements, Ischemic heart disease, Jaundice, Languages, Legumes, Live births, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Micronutrient supplements, Miscarriage, Night blindness, Nurses, Nuts, Obesity, Pain, Pentavalent vaccines, Physical examinations, Physicians, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Stroke, Summary birth history, Transportation, Unemployment, Unprocessed red meat, Urinary diseases, Urine tests, Vegetables, Vitamin A deficiency, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight, Whole grains
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