Harmonized Household Health Survey, HHHS 2010 - Sudan

Abstract --------------------------- The Sudan Household Health Survey 2nd round (SHHS2) 2010 provides up-to-date information on the situation of children and women and measures of key indicators that allow countries to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other internationally agreed upon commitments. The raw survey data provided by the Statistical Office were then harmonized by the Economic Research Forum, to create a comparable version with the 2006 Household Health Survey in Sudan. Harmonization at this stage only included unifying variables' names, labels and some definitions. See: Sudan 2006 & 2010- Variables Mapping & Availability Matrix.pdf provided in the external resources for further information on the mapping of the original variables on the harmonized ones, in addition to more indications on the variables' availability in both survey years and relevant comments. The sample harmonized and disseminated by the Economic research represents Northern Sudan only. Geographic coverage --------------------------- The Sudan Household Health Survey (SHHS) 2010 dataset covers the states of Northern Sudan only (Northern, River Nile, Red Sea, Kassala, Gedarif, Khartoum, Gezira, White Nile, Sinnar, Blue Nile, North Kordofan, South Kordofan, North Darfur, West Darfur and South Darfur). Analysis unit --------------------------- 1- Household/family. 2- Individual/person. 3- Woman. 4- Child. Universe --------------------------- The target universe for the SHHS includes the households and members of individual households, including nomadic households camping at a location/place at the time of the survey. The population living in institutions and group quarters such as hospitals, military bases and prisons, were excluded from the sampling frame. Kind of data --------------------------- Sample survey data [ssd] Mode of data collection --------------------------- Face-to-face [f2f] Research instrument --------------------------- Five sets of questionnaires were used in the Sudan Household Health Survey. The first three questionnaires are based on the MICS3 and PAPFAM model questionnaires. Those three were subject to harmonization. 1) Household questionnaire which was used to collect information on all de jure household members and the household. It included the following modules: - Household information panel - Household listing - Education - Female Genital Mutilation - Chronic diseases & injuries (Northern States only) - Tobacco use (Northern States only) - Child disability - Water and sanitation - Household characteristics - Insecticide treated nets - Salt iodization 2) Women's questionnaire administered to all women aged 15-49 years in each household. It included the following modules: - Women's information panel - Women's background - Child mortality - Desire for last birth - Maternal and newborn health - Illness symptoms - Contraception - Unmet need - Marriage and union - HIV/AIDS - Birth history - Female Genital Mutilation - Attitudes towards domestic violence - Sexual behavior STIs (Southern States only) 3) Under-five questionnaire administered to mothers. In case the mother was not listed in the household list/roster, a primary caretaker for the child was identified and interviewed. The Questionnaire for Children under Five included the following modules: - Under-five children information panel - Birth registration - Vitamin A supplementation - Breastfeeding - Care of illness - Immunization - Malaria - Anthropometry 4) Men's questionnaire administered to all men aged 15-49 years in each household. It included the following modules: - Men information panel - Men's background Marriage - Circumcision - Condom - Sexual behavior STIs - HIV/AIDS 5) Food Security Questionnaire which included the following modules: - Food security information panel - Income sources - Expenditures - Food consumption and dietary diversity In addition to the administration of questionnaires, fieldwork teams tested the salt used for cooking in the households for iodine content, and measured the weights and heights of children under five years of age. Cleaning operations --------------------------- ---> Harmonized Data: - The SPSS package is used to harmonize the SHHS 2010 with SHHS 2006. - The harmonization process starts with raw data files received from the Statistical Office. - A program is generated for each dataset to create harmonized variables. - Data is saved on the household, individual, women, as well as the children level, in SPSS and then converted to STATA, to be disseminated. Response rate --------------------------- Of the 15,000 households selected for the sample, 14,778 were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 99 percent. Of the 18,614 women (age 15-49 years) identified in the selected households, 17,174 were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 91.4 percent. Of the 13,587 children under age five listed in the households, questionnaires were completed for 13,282 children, which correspond to a response rate of 96.8 percent.