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    • Tanzania - Rufiji HDSS Core Micro Dataset 1998 - 2012 - Release 2015

    Africa-2015
    Reference ID INDEPTH.TZ012.CMD2012.V1
    Year 1998 - 1999
    Country Tanzania
    Producer(s) Dr. Eveline Gaubbel - Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute
    Mr. Sigilbert Mrema - Unit leader of Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System
    Sponsor(s) Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Tanzania - MoHSW -
    International Development Research Center - IRDC -
    UK Department for International Development - DFID -
    Rockefeller Foundation - RF -
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - BMGF
    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2015
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    Created on
    Jun 30, 2015
    Last modified
    Nov 06, 2018
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    Overview
    Identification
    Country
    Tanzania
    Title
    Rufiji HDSS Core Micro Dataset 1998 - 2012 - Release 2015

    Study Type
    Demographic Surveillance
    Series Information
    Rounds 0 is baseline

    Three rounds per year. Completed 42 rounds till December 2012.

    ID Number
    INDEPTH.TZ012.CMD2012.V1
    Version
    Version Description
    CMD2012.v1 Updated document for public distribution

    Production Date
    2015-06-11
    Overview
    Abstract
    The Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) was established in October 1998 to evaluate the impact on burden of disease of health system reforms based on locally generated data, prioritization, resource allocation and planning for essential health interventions. The Rufiji HDSS collects detailed information on health and survival and provides a framework for population based health research of relevance to local and national health priorities. In December 2011 the population under surveillance was about 97,000 people, residing in 19,000 households. Monitoring of households and members within households is undertaken in regular four months cycles known as “rounds”. Self-reported information is collected on demographic, household, socio-economic and geographic characteristics. Verbal Autopsy is conducted using standardized questionnaires, to determine probable causes of death.

    Basic Rufiji HDSS data and data requisition forms are available at www.data.ihi.or.tz Access to online data requires permission from the Data Centralization Team (dc@ihi.or.tz ). Requests for data are subject to ethics committee approval and will only be accepted from bona fide researchers with specified research objectives or collaborations.

    Kind of Data
    Event history data

    Units of Analysis
    Individual

    Scope
    Notes
    Homestead: In this subject the following information are collected: Latitude, longitude, altitude, village name, village code, name of hamlet and location identifier (Location ID). Household: Rufiji HDSS define household as a as a group of individuals sharing, or who eat from, the same cooking pot. In this subject the following in are collected: Household name and household head.

    On Individuals, information like names (Give name, Middle name and Family name), sex, birthdate, marital status, relation to household head, occupation, education level and individual ID.

    To residency, the following information such as residency status (resident, died, out-migrated), marital status to members with =13 years of age, pregnancy status for women aged 13-49 years, location ID and Individual ID are collected.

    Pregnancy outcome: In this theme, the following information are collected; live birth, number of babies, still birth, abortion, date of birth, place of birth, names (3), sex of child, mother's personal identity number (link), father's personal identity number.

    Death: In this theme information collect are, date of death, place of death, individual ID, Age at Death and field worker collected.

    Verbal Autopsy is done to identify the probable cause of death.

    In-migration: In this theme the following information are collected: Date of in-migration, Individual ID, names (3), sex, date of birth of migrant, reason for in-migration, relation to household head, origin of migration episode and whether the migrant had a previous residence within the Rufiji HDSS.

    Out-migration: Date of out-migration, Individual ID, reason for out-migration and destination of migration episode.

    Topics
    TopicVocabularyURI
    Demography [N01.224] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Coverage
    Geographic Coverage
    The Demographic Surveillance Area (DSA) is located in Rufiji District, Coastal Region Tanzania about 178 km south of Dar es Salaam city and extends between south latitude -7.47° and -8.03°S and east longitude 38.62° and 39.17°E. The Rufiji HDSS covers 1,813 km2 that comprising 38 villages of Rufiji district. The district is largely rural though population is clustered around Utete (outside the DSA, District headquarters), Ikwiriri, Kibiti and Bungu townships (Figure 2). The population density of Rufiji HDSS is about 53 people per kilometer square and the average population per village is about 2,552 inhabitants.

    As a district observatory, information which is collected by Rufiji HDSS can be used by nearby districts with similar ecological characteristics for planning purposes

    Universe
    All residents in HDSS area

    Producers and Sponsors
    Primary Investigator(s)
    NameAffiliation
    Dr. Eveline Gaubbel Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute
    Mr. Sigilbert Mrema Unit leader of Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System
    Other Producer(s)
    NameAffiliationRole
    Prof. Eliuther Mwageni Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in questionnaire design
    Prof. Don de Savigny SwissTPHTechnical assistance in questionnaire design
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in questionnaire design
    Prof. Eliuther Mwageni Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection
    Prof. Don de Savigny SwissTPHTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection
    Mr. Sigilbert Mrema Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection
    Mr. Kahema Irema Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection
    Mr. Francis Levira Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Mr. Amaniel Mono Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Mr. Liberati Kahumba Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data analysis
    Mr. Francis Levira Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data analysis
    Mr. Sigilbert Mrema Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data analysis
    Funding
    NameAbbreviationRole
    Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Tanzania MoHSW
    International Development Research Center IRDC
    UK Department for International Development DFID
    Rockefeller Foundation RF
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation BMGF
    Doris Duke Charitable Foundation DDCF
    Comic Relief, UK Comic Relief, UK
    European Union FP7 UE-FP7
    United State Urgency for International Development USAID
    US Centres for Disease Control USAID
    Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria GFATM
    RBM-MTIMBA RBM-MTIMBA
    President’s Malaria Initiative PMI
    INDEPTH Network INDEPTH Network
    Other Acknowledgements
    NameAffiliationRole
    Fieldworkers Ifakara Health Institute
    Data Clerks Ifakara Health Institute
    Rufiji HDSS Villagers Ifakara Health Institute
    Metadata Production
    Metadata Produced By
    NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
    iSHARE2 Technical TeamiS2TTINDEPTH NetworkDocumentation of the study
    INDEPTH NetworkINDEPTHINDEPTH Networkagency
    Ifakara Health InstituteIHIagency
    Justine GovellaIHIIfakara Health InstituteAuthor
    Jumanne KiswekaIHIIfakara Health InstituteAuthor
    Date of Metadata Production
    2015-07-27
    DDI Document Version
    CMD2012.V1

    CMD2012.v2

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.INDEPTH.TZ012.CMD2012.V2