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Arba Minch HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2010 - 2014 (Release 2017)

Ethiopia, 2010 - 2014
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ETH_2010-2014_INDEPTH-AMHDSS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Befikadu Tariku
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ETH_2010-2014_INDEPTH-AMHDSS_v01_M
    Title

    Arba Minch HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2010 - 2014 (Release 2017)
    Country
    Name Country code
    Ethiopia ETH
    Study type

    Demographic Surveillance
    Series Information

    This dataset coantains data collected from round 1 to 8 of demographic survilance covering the period from 1 August 2009 to 15 September 2015.
    Abstract

    Arba Minch HDSS operates in nine Kebeles (the smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia) of the Arba Minch Zuria district starting form 2009 (the distric have 31 Kebeles). One of the Kebele is urban and the remaining eight are rural. Census was conducted in 2009 updating has been conducted every 6 month (biannually). During each round, the site collects information related to births, deaths, marriages and migrations (Core data of the site).

    The main objective of the site is to monitor basic vital events indicators and generate relevant health, demographic and socioeconomic information for policies and programs. In addition, the site will supports graduate and post graduate level research undertakings and conduct molecular to population level collaborative research with local and international stakeholders. Mortality has been measured using WHO Verbal autopsy questionnaire (2007 and 2012 WHO-VA questionnaire) and cause of death are examined. Use of WHO-VA questionnaire 2012 model was started from September 2014. Another basic objective is to study changes in marriage and fertility patterns, household, family and kinship. During the census, there were 63,276 (49.46% female) individuals in the Kebeles of the site living in 12,907 households.
    Kind of Data

    Event history data
    Unit of Analysis

    Individual

    Version

    Version Description

    CMD2014.v1: Edited dataset for public distribution
    Version Date

    2017-05-18

    Scope

    Notes

    Locaion: Observations and Date
    Individual: Demographics
    Events: Migration (Origin and Destination) (Internal and External), Pregnancy, Births, Deaths
    Verbal Autopsy: Cause of Deaths
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Demography [N01.224] MeSH http://www.ncbi.nic.gov/mesh
    Emigration and Immigration [N01.224.625.350] MeSH http://www.ncbi.nic.gov/mesh
    Mortality [N01.224.935.698] MeSH http://www.ncbi.nic.gov/mesh
    Birth Rate [N01.224.935.849.500] MeSH http://www.ncbi.nic.gov/mesh
    Keywords
    Mortality Fertility Migration

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Demographic Surveillance area situated in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia, which is located to the south part of the country.
    Universe

    The demographic surveillance covered currently resident household members of all Kebeles (small adminstratiove units in Ethiopia).

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Befikadu Tariku Arba Minch University
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Alazar Baharu Arba Minch University Data Manager
    Amsalu Gujo Arba Minch University Assitant Data Manager
    Behailu Merdekios Arba Minch University PI
    Mekdes Kondale Arba Minch University PI
    Tsegaye Tsalla Arba Minch University PI
    Mesfin Kote Arba Minch University PI
    Gistane Ayele Arba Minch University PI
    Zerihun Zerdo Arba Minch University PI
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    CDC Ethiopia Current funder
    Ethiopian Public Health Association Current funder
    Arba Minch University Current funder
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Girma Temam Arba Minch University former site leader
    Nega Chufamo Arba Minch University former site leader
    Bereket Tefera Arba Minch University former site leader
    Tayue Tateke Arba Minch University former site leader
    Population of Arba Minch

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    This dataset is not based on a sample but contains information from the complete demographic surveillance area.
    Deviations from the Sample Design

    Not Applicable
    Response Rate

    Year Response Rate
    2009 100%
    2010 100%
    2011 100%
    2012 100%
    2013 100%
    2014 100%
    Weighting

    Not applicable

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    • Household register
    • Pregnancy outcome form
    • Pregnancy observation form
    • In migration form
    • Out migration form
    • Death form
    • Marital change form

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2010-01-01 2014-12-31 Release coverage
    Frequency of Data Collection

    Two rounds per year
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Arba Minch HDSS Arba Minch University
    Supervision

    There are five supervisors for the data collection process. By random selection of the households, field supervisors and research team members supervise 10% and 1%, respectively, of the households' data collected within each round by re-interviewing. Once per 2-3 week, field supervisors with the data collectors together to see the data collection process.
    Data Collection Notes

    During the beginning of the census and each round, data collectors has been trained on the data collection tools and data collection procedure. On average, the data collection takes 20min for each households. At the end of each fiscal year of Ethiopia, the community leader have been briefed the finding of the results. There are 21 data collectors and 5 supervisors for the site. Each week they bring the data to their supervisors. The supervisors bring the data to the centre every 15 days. During update rounds, data collectors register new family members and households, pregnancy observation and outcome, death, in and out migrants, marital change for females, and any individuals missed in the baseline data and new houses. All data collection materials (questionnaires) were translated to Amharic language.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Not applicable
    Data Appraisal

    CentreId MetricTable QMetric Illegal Legal Total Metric RunDate
    ET061 MicroDataCleaned Starts 100876 2017-05-18 11:42
    ET061 MicroDataCleaned Transitions 0 235728 235728 0 2017-05-18 11:43
    ET061 MicroDataCleaned Ends 100876 2017-05-18 11:43
    ET061 MicroDataCleaned SexValues 235728 2017-05-18 11:43
    ET061 MicroDataCleaned DoBValues 8 235720 235728 0 2017-05-18 11:43

    Access policy

    Archive where study is originally stored

    Arba Minch (ET061)

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    iSHARE2 Help desk INDEPTH http://indepth-ishare.org help-data@indepth-network.org
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes This data is anonymised and no confidentiality agreement in addition to the general data use agreement is required.
    Access conditions

    This data is made available for licensed access under the following conditions:

    1. Data and other material provided by INDEPTH will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions or organisations without INDEPTH's written agreement.

    2. In the case of multi-centre datasets, data originating from a single contributing member centre of the INDEPTH Network may not be analysed or reported on in isolation without the express permission of the member centre concerned.

    3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and there will be no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery will be reported immediately to INDEPTH.

    4. No attempt will be made to produce links between datasets provided by INDEPTH or between INDEPTH data and other datasets that could identify individuals.

    5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports or other publications employing data obtained from INDEPTH will cite the source, in line with the citation requirement provided with the dataset.

    6. An electronic copy of all publications based on the requested data will be sent to INDEPTH.

    7. The original collector of the data, INDEPTH, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for the data's use or interpretation or inferences based upon it.
    Citation requirements

    Any use of this dataset must cite the degital object identifier (doi) associated with the dataset. Using the following form:

    "Arba Minch HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2010-2014 (Release 2017) - Release 2016. Provided by the INDEPTH Network Data Repositary. www.indepth-network.org http://www.indepth-network.org.doi:10.7796/INDEPTH.ET061.CMD2014.v1"

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, INDEPTH, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for the data's use or interpretation or inferences based upon it.
    Copyright

    This dataset documentation is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This dataset is shared in terms of the data-use agreement accepted at the time of data download.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    iSHARE2 Helpdesk INDEPTH help-data@indepth-network.org http://indepth-ishare.org/
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