Tunisian National Nutrition Survey 1996-1997 - Tunisia

Abstract
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The objectives were to:
-Identify nutritional problems, severity and distribution according to regions/areas and socio-economic factors.
-Assess food consumption according to population demographic characteristics.
-Identify population groups with malnutrition deficiency or excess.
-Elaborate nutritional mapping according to the action plan adopted by all the countries, including Tunisia, at the World Food Summit in Rome in 1996.
-Identify vulnerable population groups in food insecurity situation by carrying out a causal analysis of the factors affecting their nutritional status.
-Realise a comparative analysis with the 1973-75 survey to know the changes and trends in nutritional status.
-Identify regions at risk to optimize and target intervention programs.
-Create a database for the planning, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of nutritional interventions.

Geographic coverage
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National coverage, both urban and rural areas.

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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It was a cross-sectional health study providing a large nationally representative sample of the Tunisian population and was conducted in 1996 and 1997. The sample of the survey was selected to be representative of the whole country. It was a random sample stratified at two levels (by district and then by household), taken from the database of the population, and lodging census that was carried out in 1994. At baseline, 1800 households situated at 300 districts of 6 households each were included.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face paper [f2f]

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- 识别区域/地区的营养问题、严重程度及分布情况，并考虑社会经济因素。
- 根据人口统计学特征评估食物消费情况。
- 确定存在营养不良或过剩的群体。
- 据各国在1996年罗马世界粮食峰会所采纳的行动计划，制定营养地图。
- 通过对影响其营养状况的因素进行因果分析，识别处于食物不安全状况的脆弱群体。
- 与1973-1975年的调查进行对比分析，了解营养状况的变化和趋势。
- 确定风险区域，以优化和精准化干预项目。
- 建立数据库，用于营养干预项目的规划、监督、监控和评估。', 'Geographic_coverage': '全国范围，涵盖城市和农村地区。', 'Analysis_unit': '个人', 'Kind_of_data': '样本调查数据 [ssd]', 'Sampling_procedure': '本研究是一项横断面健康研究，提供了大规模的国家代表性样本，涉及1996年和1997年的突尼斯人口。调查样本选取旨在代表整个国家。这是一项随机抽样调查，在两个层面进行分层（按区划分，再按家庭划分），样本来源于1994年进行的人口数据库和寄宿调查。在基线阶段，包括1800户家庭，每户6人，共分布于300个区。', 'Mode_of_data_collection': '面对面纸质调查 [f2f]'}