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Vietnam Sanitation, Water Supply, and Child Nutrition Survey 2009

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Original or alternative title 
Study on the Correlation Between Sanitation, Household Water Supply, Mother's Hygiene Behaviors for Children Under 5 and the Status of Child Nutrition in Vietnam
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Viet Nam (VNM)
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
11/2009 - 12/2009
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The Vietnam Sanitation, Water Supply, and Child Nutrition Survey 2009 was a study of the nutrition status of children under age 5, and the correlation with sanitation, water supply, and maternal hygiene behaviors. The study was based on a subset of samples from the 2010 General Nutrition Survey, which consisted of 3,356 children from 72 communes in 6 provinces. The study subjects included the children, their mothers or caregivers, health workers of the communes, and the household conditions. Data were collected checklists and interviews using questionnaires.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Antihelminthics, Assets, Child anthropometry, Cooking fuels, Disasters, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Health education, Height, Household air pollution, Household heat, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Literacy, Malnutrition, Mass media, Poverty, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Telephones, Transportation, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021