The Policy and Science for Health, Agriculture and Nutrition (PoSHAN) Seasonal Survey Datasets 2013-2015

<p>The <a href="https://www.nutritioninnovationlab.org/where-we-are/nepal">Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, </a> with funding from the USAID, conducted a series of four annual surveys – The Policy and Science for Health, Agriculture and Nutrition (PoSHAN) Surveys – in Nepal from 2013-2015. The aim of the surveys was to assess nutritional status, diet and morbidity of preschool aged children and their mothers, and recently married, nulliparous women, and household food security, agricultural practices, participation in services and programs, among other factors, and examine associations between agricultural practices and food security, nutritional status, diet and health. The broader goal was guide policy and program interventions that may influence household food security, poverty, and the diets, health and nutrition of pre-school children and their mothers.</p>
<p>The PoSHAN surveys were conducted in 21 sub-district units (Village Development Committees, VDCs), in 21 districts, 7 each across the Mountains, Hills and Terai <i>(plains),<i> sampled systematically following a random start. Within each VDC, 3 of 9 wards were systematically sampled, proportional to population size, for a total of 63 wards in the full sample. The PoSHAN surveys were conducted in the same season (~June-August) and wards every year. In addition, 1 VDC, representing an average of the 7 VDCs per zone was surveyed in two additional seasons al <i>(sentinel)</i> surveys to provide year-round agricultural, food security, dietary, nutritional status and other data. The first three were nationally representative (2013, 2014 and 2016) and one was conducted only in the Terai (2015) due to the 2015 Nepal earthquake which mainly affected the Hills and Mountains.</p>
This collection contains the cross-sectional dataset for the seasonal surveys conducted from 2013 through 2015. For more information visit:<a href="https://doi.org/10.12691/jfs-6-2-5">https://doi.org/10.12691/jfs-6-2-5.</a>
<a href="https://doi.org/10.7281/T1/UMDMQK">(Link to Annual Surveys.)</a>
Data files are formatted for STATA, and include MS Excel and CSV formats. Data specificity is limited to the regional district level to maintain participants' anonymity for public access. Restricted access to data at the VDC level may be requested by contacting the study team. Additional content details are available in the file set Metadata folder.

由美国国际开发署（United States Agency for International Development, USAID）资助的营养领域未来创新实验室（Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition），于2013至2015年间在尼泊尔开展了四项年度追踪调查——《健康、农业与营养政策与科学》（Policy and Science for Health, Agriculture and Nutrition，简称PoSHAN）调查。本调查旨在评估学龄前儿童及其母亲、近期已婚未产妇女的营养状况、膳食摄入与发病情况，同时涵盖家庭粮食安全、农业生产实践、服务与项目参与度等多维度因素，并探究农业实践与粮食安全、营养状况、膳食及健康之间的关联。其核心目标是为可影响家庭粮食安全、贫困状况，以及学龄前儿童及其母亲的膳食、健康与营养水平的政策与项目干预提供决策指导。

PoSHAN调查覆盖21个分区单元（村发展委员会，Village Development Committees, 简称VDCs），分布于21个县区，其中山区、丘陵与特莱（Terai，平原）各7个县区，采用随机起点的系统抽样方法完成抽样。每个VDC内按人口规模比例，从9个村民小组（wards）中系统抽取3个，最终全样本共涵盖63个村民小组。每年的调查均于同一季节（约6月至8月）在相同村民小组开展。此外，针对每个区域的7个VDC中选取具有代表性的1个VDC，额外开展两季哨兵监测调查，以获取全年农业、粮食安全、膳食及营养状况等相关数据。前三次调查（2013、2014、2016年）具有全国代表性，而2015年的调查仅在特莱地区开展，原因是2015年尼泊尔地震主要影响了山区与丘陵区域。

本数据集合集包含2013至2015年开展的季节性横断面调查数据。更多详细信息可访问：https://doi.org/10.12691/jfs-6-2-5，年度调查数据链接为：https://doi.org/10.7281/T1/UMDMQK。数据文件适配STATA格式，同时提供Microsoft Excel与CSV格式。为保障参与者匿名性以支持公开获取，数据仅公开至区域县区级别。若需获取VDC级别数据，可联系研究团队申请受限访问权限。更多内容细节可在数据集元数据文件夹中查阅。