ONCS: Nutrition Intervention Coverage in Four Bangladeshi Districts

Bangladesh's One Nutrition Coverage Survey (ONCS) 2025 is a cross-sectional household survey conducted in Dhaka, Rangpur, Sylhet, and Khulna districts. It collected data from 3,280 randomly selected households on nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. The dataset was produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and provides district-level estimates for monitoring and policy planning.

Use Cases

• Assessing coverage of antenatal care and micronutrient supplementation based on survey questions.
• Evaluating infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling practices among households with children.
• Analyzing the reach of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions across urban and rural strata.
• Monitoring the coverage of social protection programs and nutrition-sensitive agriculture initiatives.

Strengths

• Data collected from 3,280 households using a stratified multi-stage sampling design.
• Covers four major districts (Dhaka, Rangpur, Sylhet, Khulna) with separate urban and rural strata.
• Includes specific population groups: women of reproductive age (15–49), children (0–9), and adolescents (10–19).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The learning sample of households with pregnant women is not randomly selected and excluded from most estimates.

Provenance

Source

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Collection Method

Cross-sectional household survey employing stratified multi-stage sampling with probability proportional to size (PPS).

Time Range

2025

Freshness

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Geography

Four districts of Bangladesh: Dhaka, Rangpur, Sylhet, and Khulna.