Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey 2013
Refugee Camps: Bahn, PTP, Solo and Little Wlebo

Liberia, 2013

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Reference ID

LBR_2013_SENS_v01_M

Producer(s)

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Nov 29, 2022

Last modified

Nov 29, 2022

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Identification

Survey ID number

LBR_2013_SENS_v01_M

Title

Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey 2013

Subtitle

Refugee Camps: Bahn, PTP, Solo and Little Wlebo

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Liberia	LBR

Study type

Price Survey [hh/prc]

Series Information

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

Abstract

The UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys (SENS) provide regular nutrition data that play a key role in delivering effective and timely interventions to ensure good nutritional outcomes among populations affected by forced displacement. This survey took place in the four Ivorian refugee camps (Bahn, PTP, Solo, and Little Wlebo) in Nimba, Grand Gedeh and Maryland Counties along the border with Cote d'Ivoire from November to December 2013. UNHCR and the World Food Programme (WFP) organized the survey in close collaboration with partners including Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA), International Refugee Committee (IRC), Merlin, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), CARE, and the Country Health Teams / Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Government of the Republic of Liberia. This was the second SENS to be conducted in the camps since the Ivorian refugee emergency in 2010 in Liberia; the first was in 2012.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

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

Version

Version Description

Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

Version Date

2021-06-11

Scope

Notes

The SENS covered the following topics:

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 diarrhea
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 (Solo and PTP refugee camps), and Nimba county (Bahn refugee camp)

Universe

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

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The UNHCR SENS guidelines for refugee populations and the Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) methodology version 2 were used to calculate the required sample size. Information on nutritional status obtained from the 2012 nutrition survey was used for sample size estimation. The systematic random sampling methodology without list was used during sample size estimation since in each block households are well arranged in rows and columns.

From the 2012 survey, the upper limit of the global acute malnutrition according to WHO 2006 growth standards was 5.4%, which for the purpose of the 2013 survey the figure was rounded to 6% and assumed as an expected prevalence of acute malnutrition. Precision of 3% was desired and 10% to take care of non-response and absentees. The non-response rate was taken across in all camps due to the fact that the mobility among refugees in the amps is very high. The under-five population was below 10,000 and thus the need for adjustment to small population.

Based on November 2013's ProGres data, the estimated sample size was automatically generated from emergency nutrition assessment (ENA) software.

Deviations from the Sample Design

During the survey, the sample size was adjusted in Little Wlebo and Bahn camps due to the fact that the non-response rate was higher than estimated.

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
2013-11-11	2013-12-13

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	UN
World Food Programme

Data processing

Data Editing

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

Access policy

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2021). Liberia: Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey microdata, 2013. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.

Access authority

Name	Email
UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation Team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LBR_2013_SENS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UN	Documentation of the study
Development Economics Data Group	World Bank	Metadata adapted for Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2021-06-10

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR Microdata Library catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document and Survey ID.

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Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey 2013 Refugee Camps: Bahn, PTP, Solo and Little Wlebo