Child Nutrition Indicators for Egg and Flesh Food Consumption, Ages 6-23 Months

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides this dataset, last updated on 2026 03 26. It contains the percentage of children aged 6 to 23 months who consumed eggs and/or flesh foods during the previous day. The data is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Monitor progress on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators based on reported consumption percentages.
• Assess dietary diversity and protein intake among young children based on egg and flesh food consumption data.
• Model geographic or temporal trends in complementary feeding practices based on the indicator metric.
• Benchmark national or regional nutrition programs against the egg/flesh food consumption indicator.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative source UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ).
• Dataset has a specific update timestamp of 2026-03-26 10:09:59.137080.
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from household survey data, though the specific methodology is not detailed.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:09:59.137080; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic scope is not specified in the provided metadata.