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Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey, September - October 2021
Kigoma Refugee Camps: Nyarugusu Congolese

Tanzania, 2021
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Reference ID
TZA_2021_SENS-Nyarugusu-COG_v01_M
Producer(s)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Minister of Health, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Tanzania Red Cross Society, Medecins sans Frontieres, World Vision, Medical Teams International
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Feb 16, 2023
Last modified
Feb 16, 2023
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    TZA_2021_SENS-Nyarugusu-COG_v01_M
    Title

    Standardized Expanded Nutrition Survey, September - October 2021
    Subtitle

    Kigoma Refugee Camps: Nyarugusu Congolese
    Country/Economy
    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 26,756 in Nyarugusu 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

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

    2022-11-30

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes:

    • 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

    Nyarugusu (Congolese) Refugee Camp, Kasulu district
    Universe

    All refugees living in camp

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UN
    United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) UN
    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 Nduta 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
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    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: Nyarugusu Congolese - Sept/October 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_TZA_2021_SENS-Nyarugusu-COG_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

    2023-02-13

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (February 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home) and it is identical to UNHCR version (UNHCR_TZA_2021_SENS_Nyarugusu_COG_v2.1). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.
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