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Timor-Leste Food and Nutrition Survey 2013

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
2013 Timor-Leste Food and Nutrition Survey (TLFNS)
Provider 
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition
Tabulations only
Geography 
Timor-Leste (TLS)
Time period covered 
05/2013 - 09/2013
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Food and Nutrition Survey conducted in 2013 was the first survey of its kind carried out in Timor-Leste. The survey collected data on nutritional risk factors, health literacy and promotion, decision-making in households, nutritional and health status of children, breastfeeding, and food security. Micronutrient deficiencies, prevalence of iodized salt, and aflatoxin exposure in children ages 6 to 59 months and non-pregnant mothers ages 14 to 60 years were also assessed.

The target population of the survey were households with children under five years of age. The survey canvassed 9,360 children from all 13 districts in Timor-Leste.

Keywords 
Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Community health clinics, Cooking fuels, Cough, Counseling, Diarrhea, Education, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Housing materials, Immunization, Iodine deficiency, Iodine supplements, Iron deficiency, Iron supplements, Literacy, Malnutrition, Maternal conditions, Maternal health, Medicines, Micronutrients, Nutrition, Obesity, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Traditional healers, Vitamin A deficiency, Water supply, Weight, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023