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SENS survey in the Central African refugee sites of the eastern region and Adamou in Cameroon, January and March 2015

Cameroon, 2015
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UNHCR-CMR-2015-SENS_v1_3
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR-CMR-2015-SENS_v1_3
    Title

    SENS survey in the Central African refugee sites of the eastern region and Adamou in Cameroon, January and March 2015
    Country
    Name Country code
    Cameroon CMR
    Study type

    Other Household Health Survey [hh/hea]
    Abstract

    UNHCR in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health (MINSANTE) and all of its partners decided to carry out a SENS survey in all the sites developed for Central African refugees in the East and Adamawa regions in the period from January to March 2015. This is an extensive nutritional survey that includes six modules: anthropometry and health, anemia, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), Food security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Mosquito net coverage. This edition is the first of this kind of investigation into the operation to assist Central African refugees in Cameroon. Its interest is linked to the fact that it is a scientific work which provides basic information in several sensitive areas. Also it will serve as a basis for decision-making and orientation of ongoing projects, and then make advocacy for fundraising. This assessment is also part of a continuous monitoring of the nutritional situation of these refugee populations over time.
    Unit of Analysis

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

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.3. Edited data, third version, anonymised.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Cameroon SENS includes:

    • Households: food security, wash and mosquito nets use.
    • 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 Timangolo, Mbilé, Lolo, Gado, Ngam, Borgop, Ketté and Ndokayo.
    Universe

    Households, and women and children within the households, in eight refugee sites: Timangolo, Mbilé, Lolo, Gado, Ngam, Borgop, Ketté and Ndokayo.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    Producers
    Name
    Ministere de la Sante Publique Cameroon
    UNICEF
    WFP
    WHO
    UNFPA
    FAO
    UN-WOMEN
    CRF
    FAIRMED
    ACF
    AHA
    IDA Relief
    IMC
    Premiere Urgence

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A seperate survey was conducted in each site, where a systematic random sample was drawn.
    In two sites, Ketté and Ndokayo, due to the small population, a census was taken instead.
    The sample weights account for the different population and sample size in each site.

    The WASH module was conducted in each sampled household, and in each eligable household the women and children modules were filled out.
    For the other household modules (food security, mosquito nets) only half of the sampled households areincluded.
    Weighting

    The weight factors in the raw data were replaced by post caluculated weight factors based on the inverse likelyhood of the household being included in the sample. The calculations are based on the sample size (number of households) as found in the wash data and the population as found in the final report.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaires for the CMR SENS are based on the SENS version 2 with some modifications. The WASH module of the household questionnaire was administered in each household, the modules on food security and mosquito nets were only administered to the odd numbered housholds.
    In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered in each household for women aged 15-49 and children below 5 years.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2015-01 2015-03
    Data Collectors
    Name
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Raw data was edited lightly, e.g. recoding of non-excisting values of a list recoded to missing. Variable and values are labelled. 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, e.g. two sites were merged, some variables were aggregated, to garantuee anonymity.

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Please site the data as:

    UNHCR (2015), SENS survey in the Central African refugee sites of the eastern region and Adamou in Cameroon, January and March 2015, UNHCR Microdata Library: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_CMR_2015_SENS_DDI_v1.0
    Producers
    Name Role
    UNHCR Collection and dissemination of records
    Date of Metadata Production

    2019-03-18
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