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Afghanistan National Nutrition Survey 2013

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
National Nutrition Survey Afghanistan
Provider 
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
06/2013 - 10/2013
Series or system 
Afghanistan National Nutrition Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to gather the nutritional and micronutrient information of the population, and influencing factors. These data were collected to inform nutrition policies and programs, and assess changes and trends since the previous survey done in 2004. The data were collected with interviews, questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, and biologic specimen tests. The questionnaires covered demographic and socioeconomic information, health literacy, reproductive history, infant feeding practices, health status, and micronutrient and food consumption. Interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with mothers, family elders, and care providers. Blood samples were collected from children ages 6-59 months, women ages 15-49, and unmarried girls ages 10-19. Urine samples were collected from women ages 15-49 and children ages 7-12. 17,339 households participated in the survey.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adolescents, Aged adults, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antihelminthics, Appetite loss, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Calcium, Causes of morbidity, Child anthropometry, Children, Community health workers, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Counseling, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Folic acid, Folic acid supplements, Fruits, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health literacy, Height, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Infants, Intestinal nematode infections, Iodine deficiency, Iodine supplements, Iron, Iron deficiency, Iron supplements, Iron-deficiency anemia, Land ownership, Languages, Legumes, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Mass media, Meat, Micronutrient supplements, Micronutrients, Mortality, Nurses, Nutritional deficiencies, Obesity, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Poverty, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Processed foods, Public health facilities, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Starchy vegetables, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Vegetables, Vitamin A deficiency, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 25, 2022