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Yemen - Hajjah Nutritional Status and Mortality Survey 2014

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Nutritional anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey children 6 to 59 months Low land and Mountainous Ecological Zones Hajja Governorate, Yemen
Geography 
Yemen (YEM)
Ḩajjah
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
05/2014 - 05/2014
Series or system 
Yemen Nutritional Status and Mortality Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to investigate the levels of nutrition and malnutrition present in children aged 6-59 months. The survey also sought to estimate crude and under-five death rates. To collect this information, this survey adopted the UNICEF Standardized Monitoring and Assessment for Relief and Transition (SMART) methodology.

The data were collected through in-person household interviews and anthropometric measurements taken from children. This survey took place in the mountainous and coastal zones in Hajjah. The sample size for this survey was 579 mountainous zone households and 644 coastal zone households.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Children, Diarrhea, Diet, Edema, Education, Employment, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Fishing, Health behaviors, Health care access, Height, Household deaths, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Immunization, Infant mortality, Insecticide-treated bednets, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Pharmacies, Polio vaccines, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Sanitation, Symptoms, Vaccination cards, Violence, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Oct 18, 2021