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Sierra Leone Nutrition Survey 2010

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Nutrition Survey Using SMART Methods
Provider 
Humanitarian Response, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Time period covered 
06/2010 - 08/2010
Series or system 
Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Sierra Leone Nutrition Survey conducted in 2010 aimed to collect information on the nutritional status of children ages 6-59 months and women ages 15-49 years, including the prevalence of malnutrition and stunting. The 2010 survey used SMART (Standardized Monitoring and Assessment in Relief and Transition) methodology to collect high quality anthropometry data.

The questionnaire used to collect data was comprised of four modules: household composition, child anthropometry, women's anthropometry, and Vitamin A, deworming, and measles vaccination. Data for 14,027 children under 5 were collected from 8,801 households. Data for 13,636 women were collected from 9,228 households. The survey sample size was based off of the prevalence of wasting found in the 2008 DHS survey.

Keywords 
Anthropometry, Antihelminthics, Body mass index, Breathing difficulty, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Diarrhea, Edema, Fever, Height, Malnutrition, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Nutrition, Violence, Vitamin A supplements, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021