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Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) in Kigoma Refugee Camps: Mtendeli - Sept/October 2021

Tanzania (United Republic of), 2021
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Reference ID
UNHCR_TZA_2021_SENS_Mtendeli_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, UNICEF, Minister of Health, Tanzania Food and Nutrition centre, Tanzania Red Cross Society, Medecins sans Frontieres, World Vision, Medical Teams International
Collections
East and Horn of Africa Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys
Metadata
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Nov 24, 2022
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_TZA_2021_SENS_Mtendeli_v2.1
    Title

    Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) in Kigoma Refugee Camps: Mtendeli - Sept/October 2021
    Country
    Name Country code
    Tanzania TZA
    Study type

    Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
    Abstract

    The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) were conducted in three refugee camps located in Kigoma region, the western part of Tanzania. There were a total of 207,394 refugees residing in the three camps, where among them 62% are Burundians, 37.9% are Congolese and a small proportion of refugees from other nationalities (Yemen, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and others).
    A total of 45,704 under five children are located in the three camps with 4,999 in Mtendeli camp.
    The main objective of the SENS was to assess the general health and nutrition status of refugees and formulate workable recommendations for appropriate nutritional and public health interventions.
    The survey was conducted using a two-stage cluster sampling. This study is an anonymized version of the collected data.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals and households

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data
    Version Date

    2022-11-30

    Scope

    Notes

    Children between 6-59 months: Demographic profiling, nutritional status, anthropometry, health and anaemia.
    Children between 0-23 months: Nutritional status, breastfeeding conditions.
    Women between 15-49 years: anthropometry, health and anaemia
    Households: food security, mosquito net coverage, demographic profiling.
    Topics
    Topic
    Food security
    Basic Needs
    Health and Nutrition
    Child Protection
    Food Distribution

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Mtendeli Refugee Camp, Kakonko district
    Universe

    All refugees living in camp

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    UNICEF
    Minister of Health
    Tanzania Food and Nutrition centre
    Tanzania Red Cross Society
    Medecins sans Frontieres
    World Vision
    Medical Teams International

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey was conducted using a two-stage cluster sampling. The sample size calculation for the refugee population living in Mtendeli was based on the PROGRESS population data. The sample size for children 6-59 months was calculated using the Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions
    Weighting

    Sample weights were calculated for each of the data files.
    Sample weights for the household data were computed as the inverse of the probability of selection of the household, computed at the sampling domain level (urban/rural within each region). The household weights were adjusted for non-response at the domain level, and were then normalized by a constant factor so that the total weighted number of households equals the total unweighted number of households.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2021-09-06 2021-10-10
    Data Collectors
    Name
    See primary investigators
    Data Collection Notes

    Data were collected using mobile phones operated by the Android operating system (LG) and the ODK application. During supervision in the field and at the end of each day, the survey consultant and the supervisors manually check the phone questionnaires for completeness, consistency and accuracy. This check also used to provide feedback to the teams to improve data collection as the surveys progressed. Children data were downloaded and analysed on a daily basis with the ENA software (ENA for SMART 2011, July 9th, 2015). The SMART plausibility report was generated daily in order to identify any problems with anthropometric data collection such as flags and digit preference for age, height and weight, to improve the quality of the anthropometric data collected as the survey was on-going.
    A quick check on Haemoglobin concentration among children and non-pregnant women was conducted during quality check. This was done by checking the disparities of number of subjects with low Hb level amongst the teams and feedback was provided for necessary correction among blood sample takers where applicable.

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR, UNICEF, Minister of Health, Tanzania Food and Nutrition centre, Tanzania Red Cross Society, Medecins sans Frontieres, World Vision, Medical Teams International (2021). Tanzania: Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) in Kigoma Refugee Camps: Mtendeli - Sept/October 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_TZA_2021_SENS_Mtendeli_v2.1
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2022-11-24
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