The household survey was conducted all over Ethiopia among 4,743 households, 4,387 mothers, 958 adolescent girls, and 6039 children from May to June 2009. The objective of the survey was to produce reliable baseline information on the level of nutrition at the national level among under-five children, adolescents, mothers, and households to report for the nutrition program in Ethiopia. Descriptive analysis was conducted for the variables collected from the participant. The result of this survey showed the following.

1. Among all fathers, mothers, and caretakers, 60 % had no schooling. Among all households, only 57 %, 30%, 27%, and 65% were using an improved source of drinking water higher in treating or boiling water for drinking purposes, and using an improved toilet facility, were classified as being food secure respectively.
2. Of all women with a pregnancy in the previous two years, 64 %( had fewer than the WHO minimum recommendation of at least 4 ANC visits), and 59% received ANC care from a trained provider. The proportion of pregnant women who reported taking iron/folate tablets took two tetanus toxoid injections, de-worming, and increased their food consumption was also 17%, 25%, 9%, 12% respectively. Urban and more educated women were more likely to give birth by skilled professionals in health care facilities, rather the rural and less educated women were more likely to use non-trained traditional birth attendants and home delivery.
3. Universal immunization coverage of children 6 to 23 months of age is 29 %, 21 % of children under two years old were reported to have had a diarrhoeal illness from these; 24 % were given ORS and 26 % were given the government recommended solution. Nearly all, 60 %, 51%, 29%, and fewer children under two years old had been breastfed at one point in their life, received the colostrum, exclusive breastfeeding, eat the recommended minimum dietary diversity, and were breastfed within the first hour of life respectively. For infants 6 to 8 months of age, 43 % had received solid, semi-solid, or soft foods during the previous day. Among children 6 to 23 months of age and still breastfeeding, 29 % of children met the recommended minimum dietary. More than half of non-breastfed children received the respective minimum number of meals, few households had salt with adequate iodization and vitamin A supplementation. Among children, 6 to 59 months of age, 38%, and 12 % were stunted and wasted these were more rural and with no educational background. Stunting was highest among Tigray, Afar, and Amhara regions. Wasting was also higher among thinner women (BMI 17%).
4. The majority (66 %) of adolescent girls were students while 26 % carried out housework, 32 % had no education, 5 % of the girls sampled had been pregnant. Among adolescent girls, 4 % had ever received iron supplementation, and 13 % had received a deworming tablet in the past 6 months. Nutritional status of adolescent girls showed that 23 percent were stunted, with girls 13 to 14 years old and higher among rural, and 14% of adolescent girls had a low body mass index for age.

• Ethiopia
• nutritional baseline
• household survey

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The 2009/10 Ethiopian nutrition baseline survey dataset was produced by a household survey among 4,743 households, 4,387 mothers, 958 adolescent girls, and 6039 children all over Ethiopia conducted between May and June 2009. The dataset includes information on the socio-demographic status, type of water they used, the status of toilet usage, the status of (ANC visit, iron/folate, TT injection, de-warming, frequency of food consumption)  among pregnant women, the status of skilled birth attendant, immunization coverage, the status of (breastfeeding within one hour, received the colostrum, level of complementary feeding for infants), the level of wasting and stunting, households status of iodized salt and vitamin A supplementation was assessed. Generally, this household survey is used to obtain information regarding the baseline of nutritional status of households, children, and mothers at the national level.

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