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

Liberia, 2015

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Reference ID

LBR_2015_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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Identification

Survey ID number

LBR_2015_SENS_v01_M

Title

Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey 2015

Subtitle

Refugee Camps: Bahn, PTP, and Little Wlebo

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Liberia	LBR

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

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

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 (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	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

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.

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

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency	UN

Data processing

Data Editing

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

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email
UN Refugee Agency	UN	microdata@unhcr.org

Citation requirements

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

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation Team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LBR_2015_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 2015 Refugee Camps: Bahn, PTP, and Little Wlebo