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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
Producer(s)
UNHCR
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West and Central Africa
Metadata
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Jun 11, 2021
Last modified
Jun 11, 2021
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Identification

Survey ID Number
UNHCR_LBR_SENS_2015
Title
Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey - 2015, Refugee camps: Bahn, PTP, and Little Wlebo
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
Keyword
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 Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name
UNHCR

Data Processing

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

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Data Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
Citation requirements
UNHCR (2021). Liberia: Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey microdata, 2015. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.
Access authority
Name Email
UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

Producers
Name
UNHCR
Date of Metadata Production
2021-06-10
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