Guidelines for estimating the month and year of birth of young children

FAO, IFAD

Published in : 2008

Available in : English

A child’s age is an essential piece of information for evaluating the many facets of children’s nutritional status. These guidelines are intended for health care workers, survey trainers and other persons who need to collect accurate information on child age in situations where there is no accurate written record of date of birth or a tradition of remembering birth dates.

Documents :
Guidelines for estimating the month and year of birth of young children (PDF, 436.38Kb)

Originally posted at : IFAD - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Demographic

Resource types : Guidelines