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Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) in Melkadida Refugee Camps - 2018

Ethiopia, 2018
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UNHCR_ETH_SENS_2018_v2.1
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East and Horn of Africa Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_ETH_SENS_2018_v2.1
    Title

    Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) in Melkadida Refugee Camps - 2018
    Country
    Name Country code
    Ethiopia ETH
    Abstract

    Dollo Ado district hosts Somali refugees in five refugee camps of Melkadida; Bokolmanyo, Melkadida, Kobe, Hilaweyn and Buramino. The first camp, Bokolmanyo was opened in Oct 2009 and followed Melkadida in 2010. In 2011, there was a major influx as a result of insecurity in Somalia, resulting in the establishment of Kobe, Hilaweyn, and Buramino camps in June 2011, August 2011 and November 2012 respectively. Refugees continue to arrive in small numbers since 2011. On 31 March 2018 (source: UNHCR ProGres) the total population is 217,494 with 21,010 under-five children. A joint UNHCR, WFP, ARRA, IMC and Humedica Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) was carried out in the five Somali refugee’s camps in Melkadida/Dollo Ado refugee camps from 20th March to 24th April 2018, with the main objective to assess the general health and nutrition status of refugees, and formulate workable recommendations for appropriate nutritional and public health interventions. A total of 1801 households were sampled.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households, children (0-59 months) women (15-49 years).

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.2: edited, anonymised, second version.

    Scope

    Notes

    The Ethiopia SENS 2018 includes: - Households: food security, wash. - Women: anemia - Children: anemia, anthropometry, infant and young child feeding (IYCF)
    Topics
    Topic
    Health and Nutrition
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Food security
    Keywords
    Nutrition

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Refugee sites of Melkadida.
    Universe

    Households, and women and children within the households, in refugee sites in Melkadida.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    UNHCR UNHCR

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    For this survey, a stratified single stage random sample design was employed, where the different camps are considered the strata. All households were physically labbelled with unique numbers per zone/block in each strata. Empty or abandoned houses were excluded from the sampling frame. The overal sample size is 1801 households.
    Weighting

    Sample weights were included at the curation stage, to account for the different sample rates within the camps. The sample weights are the inverse of the probability of selection of the household, where the number of households in the sample is based on the data and the number of households in the population is based on progress data.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaires for the Ethiopia SENS are based on the SENS version 2 with minor modifications. On a household level, the WASH module, Food Security and Mortality modules were included. In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered for women aged 15-49 (anemi) and children below 5 years (anemi, IYCF, anthropometry).

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2018-03-20 2018-04-24
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Raw data was edited lightly, e.g. recoding of non-existing values recoded to missing, deletion of duplicates. Variable and values are labelled in Stata. While effort was done to match the three data files, households, women and children, they do not match perfectly. This can occure for several reasons, e.g. because households do not have women or children in the specified age ranges. The non-matching observations are left in the data - as they are used for analysis in the report. Due to anonymisation the data can differ slightly from the results presented in the report.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2022). Ethiopia: SENS in Melkadida, 2018. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    UNHCR does not warrant in any way the accuracy of the information and data contained in the datasets and shall not be held liable for any loss caused by reliance on the accuracy or reliability thereof.

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Role
    Collection and dissemination of records
    Date of Metadata Production

    2019-06-08
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