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Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2015, Refugee camps: Bahn, PTP, and Little Wlebo

Liberia, 2015
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UNHCR_LBR_SENS_2015
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West and Central Africa Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys
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  • Identification
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  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_LBR_SENS_2015
    Title

    Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2015
    Subtitle

    Refugee camps: Bahn, PTP, and Little Wlebo
    Country
    Name Country code
    Liberia LBR
    Study type

    Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
    Series Information

    This was the third UNHCR SENS to be conducted in the camps since the Ivorian refugee emergency in 2010 in Liberia; the first was in 2012 and second in 2013.
    Abstract

    The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that plays a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes among populations affected by forced displacement. This survey was conducted in Bahn, PTP and Little Wlebo camps, which are located in Maryland, Grand Gedeh and Nimba counties lying along the border of Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. The three camps were hosting close to 29,000 Ivorian refugees including approximately 5,000 children aged below five years. The survey, which was organized by UNHCR in close collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP), UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), CARE, African Humanitarian Action (AHA) and Country Health Teams / Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Liberia, was conducted from 7th April to 2nd May 2015. This was the third SENS to be conducted in the camps since the Ivorian refugee emergency in 2010 in Liberia; the first was in 2012 and the second in 2013.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Children 0-23 months
    Children 6-59 months
    Women 15-49 years
    Households

    Version

    Version Date

    2021-06-11

    Scope

    Notes
    • Children 0-23 months: feeding practices
    • Children 6-59 months: prevalence of acute malnutrition, underweight, stunting and anaemia, coverage of vit A supplementation, and prevalence of diarrhoea
    • Chidlren 9-59 months: coverage of measles vaccination
    • Women 15-49 years: prevalence of anaemia
    • Households: food security, mosquito net coverage and water, sanitation and hygiene information
    Topics
    Topic
    Health and Nutrition
    Health
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Food security
    Core Relief items (CRIs)
    Malaria Prevention and Control
    Keywords
    SENS malnutrition nutrition WASH mosquito net food security coping strategies

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Maryland county (Little Wlebo refugee camp), Grand Gedeh county (PTP refugee camp), and Nimba county (Bahn refugee camp)
    Universe

    children 0-59 months
    women 15-49 years
    refugee households

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A systematic sampling technique without list was applied in this survey. UNHCR SENS guidelines for refugee populations (version2, 2013) and the Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) methodology version 2 released on 11th January 2015 was used to plan the required sample size. ENA for SMART software was used for calculation of the minimum sample size required for each camp. Despite that weighted prevalence of GAM was 2.7% in the 2013 survey, the hit of EVD in Liberia was presumed to have negatively affected nutritional status of under-fives and hence, expected prevalence of acute malnutrition was elevated and set at 6% in all camps. During sample size calculation precision of 3% was desired, non-response and absentees was set at 10% bearing in mind of EVD outbreak in Liberia. Average household size and percentage of under-fives was considered from individual camp based on the 2013 nutrition survey. Correction for small population size was applied during sample size calculation given the population of under-fives is <10,000. More details available in the report.
    Weighting

    Data are weighted by refugee camp and target population: children 0-59 months, women 15-49 years and households. Design weights included in datasets (see survey_weight).

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2015-04-07 2015-05-02
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Household size above 10 in household-level modules top-coded to 10.

    Data Access

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

    UNHCR (2021). Liberia: Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey microdata, 2015. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Data Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-06-10
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