Zimbabwe National Micronutrient Survey 2012
General Info
Provider
Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe)
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
December, 2012 - January, 2013
Data type
Survey
Summary
The 2012 Zimbabwe National Micronutrient Survey sampled 3,156 rural and urban households from December 19, 2012, to January of 2013. It surveyed children ages 0-5 months, 6-59 months, and 5-12 years, as well as women ages 15-49 years old, investigating nutrition status, feeding practices of infants and young children, urinary iodine concentration, obesity, vitamin A deficiency, cases of night blindness, and iron deficiency and anemia. The survey also incorporates the wealth and education levels of the respondents, their health literacy, and certain household characteristics such as access to improved water sources and toilet facilities.
Keywords
Anemia, Assets, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Children, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Dietary sodium, Dietary sugar, Disability, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family size, Folic acid deficiency, Folic acid supplements, Food industry, Fruits and vegetables, HIV and AIDS, Health literacy, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Iodine deficiency, Iron deficiency, Iron supplements, Legumes, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Medical tests, Micronutrients, Mortality, Night blindness, Nuts, Obesity, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Sanitation, Telephones, Urine tests, Vitamin A deficiency, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Food and Nutrition Council, Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) (Zimbabwe), Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. Zimbabwe National Micronutrient Survey 2012.