Tanzania (2007): Maternal & Child Health TRaC Study among Women with Children under 5 (years of age) in Dar el Salaam First Round

This is PSI-Tanzania’s second TRaC survey round, and measures several indicators related the health of children under-five nationwide with respect to Malaria and diarrhea disease. This survey round was originally intended to monitor changes in these indicators. However, data collection in the first round (conducted by an external agency) was seriously flawed, meaning that this year’s round serves effectively as the baseline survey. In addition to providing a means of tracking the ch ange in key indicators over the life of the project, this report also includes segmentation analysis, i.e. dividing the at-risk population into those that perform the desired behaviors, and those who do not, in order to focus on those factors that make these two groups different. This report also provides an evaluation of the impact of PSI-Tanzania communications by correlating behavior, and scores for opportunity, ability and motivation (OAM) factors potentially affecting that behavior, to varying levels of exposure. The sample size for the principal caregivers of children under five was N=1,571, distributed across regions and districts through a multistage random sampling (Probability proportionate by size- PPS). The first households were selected randomly and the rest systematically depending with the availability of the under 5. Data collection took place from March to early May, 2007 throug h face-to-face interviews, using PDAs to eliminate enumerator errors, lengthy data-entry and data cleaning; and ultimately ensuring a high-quality dataset. Data collectors received two weeks of training on research ethics, methodology, sample selection and the use of PDAs. The survey instrument was a Kiswahili questionnaire, which was pre-tested with 200 respondents. The data was analyzed in SPSS 11.5.