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Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey 2012
Refugee Camp: Dzaleka

Malawi, 2012
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Reference ID
MWI_2012_SENS_v01_M
Producer(s)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Metadata
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Dec 13, 2022
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Jan 20, 2023
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    MWI_2012_SENS_v01_M
    Title

    Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey 2012
    Subtitle

    Refugee Camp: Dzaleka
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Malawi MWI
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
    Abstract
    Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi has been hosting refugees since 1994, mainly from the Great Lakes Region in Central Africa. Since 2002, WFP in accordance with theMemoradum of Understanding between WFP and UNHCR has been providing food rations to therefugees in the camp. To support informing revisions to the food assistance programme, a UNHCRStandardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (SENS) was conducted by UNHCR with the support of WFPbetween 27 June and 5 July 2012. This was the fi rst nutrition assessment since 2008. The SENS was based on the Standardised Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions(SMART) methodology and UNHCR SENS Guidelines for Refugee Populations (v 1.3, March 2012).Simple random sampling was used to select a target sample of 504 households and 314 children under5 years. A resultant sample size of 422 households and 365 children was achieved. The microdata arethe anonymized version of the original data, and include a data fi le for the following modules:foodsecurity, mosquito net coverage, WASH, children under 5 years old, infants aged 0 to 23 months andwomen aged 15 to 49 years.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
    Version Date

    2022-06-01

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes:

    • food security
    • mosquito net coverage
    • water, sanitation and hygiene
    • nutritional status of infants and children under 5
    • women aged 15 to 49 years
    Topics
    Topic
    Health and Nutrition
    Food security
    Malaria Prevention and Control
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Keywords
    SENS nutrition refugees Malawi Great Lakes

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Dzaleka refugee camp, Malawi
    Universe

    all refugee households living in the camp

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UN
    Producers
    Name Affiliation
    World Food Programme UN

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Simple random sample
    Weighting

    Raw survey weights are included in the dataset (see survey_weight), and were calculated by dividing the total number of households/individuals in the sample frame by the size of the sample for each module.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2012-06-27 2012-07-05
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency UN

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2022). Malawi: Standardised Expanded Nutrition Survey (Dzaleka Refugee Camp) - 2012. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    UNHCR Global Data Service Statistics and Demographics Section UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_MWI_2012_SENS_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    UN Refugee Agency UN Metadata producer
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2022-12-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (December 2022): This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home) and it is identical to UNHCR version (UNHCR_MWI_2012_SENS_v2.1). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.
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