Cambodia Anthropometric Survey 2008
Cambodia, 2008
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KHM-NIS-CAS-2008-v01
Cambodia Anthropometric Survey 2008
| Name | Country code |
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| Cambodia | KHM |
Other Household Health Survey [hh/hea]
The National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning conducted the Cambodia Anthropometric Survey (CAS) 2008. CAS 2008 is the first survey, and was sponsored by UNICEF and UNDP in Cambodia.
The 2008 Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey (CAS) is a nationally representative sample of 7,495 households with children 0 to 59 months of age. The survey includes representative samples of nineteen survey domains, or areas, throughout the country. The 2008 CAS includes valid anthropometric measurements of over seven thousand children, making it the largest national sample of child measurements ever collected in the country. The main purpose of the survey is to provide policymakers and planners with updated information on nutrition in light of steep increases in the price of food. In order to provide a comprehensive view on nutrition in the country, data on anthropometry, micronutrient deficiency, food consumption, disease, coping strategies, infant/young child feeding, and health services were included in the survey. In addition to the national survey, 400 households in the informal settlements of Phnom Penh were sampled using the same methodology and questionnaire.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individuals
Households
Children 0 to 59 months of age
Women aged 15- 49 years old
Version
Version 1- Final dataset of the survey.
2011-09-12
Scope
The scope of the CAS 2008 incudes:
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Child anthropometry
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Nutritional status of mothers
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Child disease
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Coping strategies
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Food consumption
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Infant & young child feeding
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Child health services
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Maternal health services
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Health | World Bank |
| Nutrition | World Bank |
Coverage
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National
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Province: Fourteen individual provinces and Five groups of provinces
All private households with children 0 to 59 months ofage
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Institute of Statistics | Ministry of Planning |
| Name | Role |
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| United Nations Children's Fund | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United Nations Children's Fund | Co-Funder |
| United Nations Development Programme | Co-Funder |
| Name |
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| Not available |
Sampling
The sample design of this survey is based on the most appropriate design for the multiple objectives of the survey, which were determined by starting with the intended actions. After the actions were listed a survey matrix was completed to decide which questions were needed to guide the actions and what data was needed to answer those questions.
Please refer to Technical Documents for details.
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Survey instrument
The questionnaire for this survey is designed to make trend analysis possible. It is largely based on the 2005 CDHS questionnaire. The questions used to calculate indicators shared by CAS 2008 and CDHS 2005 are identical. Indicators of coping strategies are compared to the CDRI 2008 survey and the questions used in CAS 2008 are the same as CDRI 2008. The layout of the questionnaire is designed to ensure data collection could be carried out in one month. The CAS 2008 questionnaire consists of three sections: household, child, and mother. The household section includes a list of women, their anthropometric measurements and questions on socio-economic characteristics and coping strategies. The child section consists of a child list and anthropometric measurements. A separate child section was given to each mother age 15-49 years in the household. The final section includes background characteristics, disease, health services, and food consumption. For some indicators CAS 2008 does differ from the CDHS 2005 because the base population of some indicators is different. All comparisons made in this report are of comparable estimates. A detailed account of analysis is provided in the Analysis Methodology section.
Data collection
| Start | End |
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| 2008-11-06 | 2008-11-30 |
| Name | Affiliation |
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| National Institute of Statistics | Ministry of Planning |
| Provincial Planning Department | Ministry of Planning |
Interviewing was conducted by teams of interviewers. Each interviewing team comprised of 4 interviewers, a supevisor and a driver. Each team used a 4 wheel drive vehicle to travel from cluster to cluster.
The role of the supervisor was to coordinate field data collection activities, including management of the field teams, supplies and equipment, finances, maps and listings, coordinate with local authorities concerning the survey plan and make arrangements for accommodation and travel. Additionally, the field supervisor assigned the work to the interviewers, spot checked work, maintained field control documents, and sent completed questionnaires and progress reports to the central office.
Field visits were also made by a team of central staff on a periodic basis during fieldwork. The senior staff of NIS also made visits to field teams to provide support and to review progress.
A pretest was held from the 27th-29th of October. Most enumerators for this survey had previous experience with the Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey and all attended a three-day training from the 3rd-5th of November, which focused on selecting a sample, familiarizing staff with the questionnaire, and hands-on training in anthropometry. Data collection ran from the 6th of November until the end of the month. An extended rainy season meant that a few villages were not accessible during the month of November. Teams returned to the field from mid-December until the end of December to interview in these villages.
Data processing
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Data appraisal
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Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | National Institute of Statistics | www.nis.gov.kh | sythan@forum.org.kh |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
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| yes | All information collected in CAS 2008 is strictly confidential and will be used for statistical purpose only, in accordance with the 2005 Cambodian Law on Statistics. |
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The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the National Institute of Statistics.
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The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
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No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the National Institute of Statistics.
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No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the National Institute of Statistics, or among data from the National Institute of Statistics and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
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Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the National Institute of Statistics will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
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An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the National Institute of Statistics.
"National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia, Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey 2008 (CAS 2008), Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (September 2011), provided by the NIS National Data Archive. www.nis.gov.kh/nada"
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia beares no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
(c) 2009, CAS 2008, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Cambodia
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
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| Director, Social Statistics Department | National Institute of Statistics | tith_vong@yahoo.com | www.nis.gov.kh |
Metadata production
DDI-KHM-NIS-CAS-2008-v1.0
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Po Mao | NIS | Archivist |
2011-09-12
Metadata version
Version 1.0 (September 2011)-The first documentation of the survey.