Pakistan: National Nutrition Survey

The 2018 Pakistan National Nutrition Survey (NNS 2018) is the largest national nutrition survey conducted in Pakistan. It provides a unique set of nutrition-related data including environmental, anthropometric, and biochemical indicators for children, women of reproductive age, and adolescents. This is the fifth survey since 1965 and the first to yield district-representative data and include adolescents and a water component, produced by OCHA Pakistan.

Use Cases

• Assessing nutritional status and deficiencies based on anthropometric and biochemical indicators.
• Analyzing environmental factors related to health based on water quality and other environmental data.
• Evaluating district-level health disparities using the first district-representative data from the survey series.
• Studying the health of specific demographic groups like women of reproductive age and adolescents.

Strengths

• The survey is described as the largest national nutrition survey carried out in Pakistan.
• It is the fifth in a series since 1965, providing a potential longitudinal context.
• It is the first survey in the series to yield district-representative data and include adolescents and a water component.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Pakistan

Collection Method

National survey designed to provide nutrition-related data.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

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Geography

Pakistan, with district-representative coverage.