Health and Nutrition survey 1998
| Id | EPHI-DS0346 |
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| Name | Health and Nutrition survey 1998 |
| Format | . SAV |
| Coverage Location | National |
| Coverage Sex | Not applicable |
| Abstract | The main objective of the survey is to provide data that will serve as the basis for planning development strategies whose target is to improve the health and nutritional conditions of the population of the country. In addition, the data collected in this survey may also be useful as a base for the surveys that will be conducted in the field of health and nutrition in the future. The specific objectives of this survey are to collect data/information as follows: a) That will show the types and distribution of diseases and accidents by region; b) On prevalence rates of illness and accidents and to identify groups of more affected people; c) That will help to assess the practice of health consultation and type of health service institutions or health providers visited; d) That will indicate the attitudes or practice of using modem health institutions by population in a time of illness; e) On the practice of maternal health care, vaccinations and supplementation; f) That will help in identifying groups of children at risk due to not being vaccinated; g) On childhood illness, vaccination, breastfeeding, and supplementation practice of children under five years of age; h) That throws some light on nutritional status of children through anthropometric measurements and i) That will show the levels and differentials of fertility. |
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| Cleaned | Yes |
| Cleaned Format | . csdb |
| RawFormat | . csdb |
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| Date Data Collection Started | 1998-03-21 |
| Date Data Collection End | 1998-03-27 |
| Title | Health and Nutrition survey 1998 |
| Data Type | Survey |
| PublicationYear | 1999 |
| SugestedCitation | Not yet available |
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| Description | The scope of this survey was to collect basic data on population, morbidity, accident, treatment and/or consultation, maternal health care, vaccinations, breastfeeding, supplementation, and nutritional status of children under five. The major items included were: sex, age, highest grade completed, illness, duration of illness and number of days of restricted usual activity due to illness and/or accident(s), external causes of the accident(s), status, and type of health services institutions or health provider consulted reason for not consulting modern health services institutions. In addition, information on place of delivery; type of attendant assisting during delivery; tetanus toxoid vaccination; and status and duration of supplementation for lactating and pregnant women were collected. Moreover, data on childhood vaccinations; childhood illness (diarrhea, vomiting, or cough episode) and ORS treatment; Vitamin A administration; breastfeeding and supplementation of children under five; anthropometric measurements (height and weight) of children aged 3-59 months, and fertility were collected. |
| Dataset study design | Cross-sectional survey |
| Date Data Archived | 2020-12-15 |
| Date Data Cataloged | 2021-02-05 |
| Data Generating Unit | CSA |
| URL | https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/346 |
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