Anemia prevalence and etiology among women, men, and children in Ethiopia: a study protocol for a national population-based survey

Table 1 Questionnaire and biological assessments administered to women, children and men in the Anemia Etiology in Ethiopia (AnemEE) survey

Assessments	Women of reproductive age (15–49 years)	Children^a (6–59 months)	Adult Men (15–49 years)
Education, employment and other sociodemographic characteristics	X		X
Water, sanitation and hygiene	X
Household characteristics	X
Food fortification	X
Pregnancy	X
Morbidity in past 2 weeks	X	X	X
Household food sources	X
24 h recall	X	X	X
Food frequency questionnaire	X	X
Anthropometry (weight, height, MUAC)	X	X	X
Blood pressure	X		X
Hemoglobin	X	X	X
Malaria rapid diagnostic test	X	X	X
Soil-transmitted helminths	X	X	X
Ferritin^b	X	X	X
C-reactive protein^b	X	X	X
Folate^b	X	X	X
Vitamin B-12^b	X	X	X

^aquestionnaires completed on behalf of the child by the child’s primary caregiver
^bWe will attempt to obtain serum from all men, all children and a subset of women (approximately 50%)

ISSN: 1471-2458