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Yemen Comprehensive Food Security Survey (CFSS) 2014

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General Info
Geography 
Yemen (YEM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2014 - 04/2014
Series or system 
Yemen Comprehensive Food Security Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to investigate food security in Yemen in order to obtain current national and sub-national data, inform the country's development plan, and to provide a baseline to check outcomes.

The survey was carried out urban and rural areas in the country's 22 governates, including recently formed Soqatra.

The data were collected through in-person household interviews. Anthropometric measurements were collected from women and children under the age of 5 years. The main themes covered in the interviews were sociodemographic characteristics, food consumption, household expenditures, living conditions, access to services, and shocks.

The sample size for this survey was 10,500 households.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Anthropometry, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Children, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Cough, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Education expenditures, Employment, Family composition, Fever, Fishing, Food expenditures, Fruits, Health behaviors, Height, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Hygiene, Legumes, Lighting, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Marital status, Personal health expenditures, Population, Prevalence, Prices, Sanitation, Symptoms, Tobacco, Vegetables, Violence, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 19, 2021