technical report

The National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS): Children aged 1-9 years, South Africa, 1999

The financial assistance of the National Research Foundation towards this research is hereby acknowledged. Opinions expressed in this report/paper/publication and conclusions arrived at, are those of the author and are not necessarily to be attributed to the National Research Foundation.

• Title page or (pdf format - 136 kb)
• Contents (pdf format - 25 kb)
• Preface or ( pdf format - 11 kb)
• Acknowledgements or (pdf format - 37 kb)
• Abbreviations/definitions or (pdf format - 9 kb)
• Executive Summary or (pdf format - 71 kb)
• Chapter 1: General Introduction (pdf format - 56 kb)
• Background Information on Young Children in South Africa
• Causes of Malnutrition in Young Children
• Factors Affecting Househould Food Security
• Factors Affecting Care of Women and Children
• Chapter 2: General Methodology (pdf format - 102 kb)
• Study Objectives
• Sampling Strategy
• Questionnaires
• Dietary Aides and Equipment
• References
• Chapter 3: Socio-demographic information (pdf format - 61 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 18 kb)
• Tables (1-48) (pdf format - 168 kb)
• Tables (48-72) (pdf format - 79 kb)
• Chapter 4: Anthropometric Status (pdf format - 108 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 15 kb)
• Tables (1-30) (pdf format - 99 kb)
• Tables (30-33) (pdf format - 28 kb)
• Chapter 5: Dietary Intake: 24-hour recall (pdf format - 144 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 18 kb)
• Tables (2-10) (pdf format - 23 kb)
• Tables (11-17) (pdf format - 44 kb)
• Tables (18-27) (pdf format - 69 kb)
• Tables (28-33) (pdf format - 45 kb)
• Tables (34-46) (pdf format - 64 kb)
• Tables (47-48) (pdf format - 13 kb)
• Figures in Box-Plot Format (pdf format - 524 kb)
• Chapter 6: Dietary Intake:  Food frequency (in pdf format - 247 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 18 kb)
• Tables (1-46) (pdf format - 102 kb)
• Tables (47-96) (pdf format - 109 kb)
• Tables (97-103) (pdf format - 43 kb)
• Tables (104-113) (pdf format - 69 kb)
• Tables (114-119) (pdf format - 47 kb)
• Tables (120-129) (pdf format - 58 kb)
• Figures in Box-Plot Format (pdf format - 497 kb)
• Chapter 7: Food procurement and household food inventory (pdf format - 126 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 29 kb)
• Tables (1-6) (pdf format - 21 kb)
• Tables (7-28) (pdf format - 61 kb)
• Tables (29-54) (pdf format - 69 kb)
• Tables (55-76) (pdf format - 77 kb)
• Tables (77-96) (pdf format - 90 kb)
• Tables (97-124) (pdf format - 95 kb)
• Figures in Box-Plot Format (pdf format - 399 kb)
• Chapter 8: Hunger scale questionnaire (pdf format - 123 kb)
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• List of Tables (pdf format - 65 kb)
• Tables (1-22) (pdf format - 128 kb)
• Tables (23-46) (pdf format - 93 kb)
• Tables (47-74) (pdf format - 201 kb)
• Tables (75-98) (pdf format - 177 kb)
• Tables (99-122) (pdf format - 178 kb)
• Tables (123-148) (pdf format - 188 kb)
• Figures in Box-Plot Format (pdf format - 689 kb)
• Chapter 9: General discussion and general recommendations (pdf format - 297 kb)
• Chapter 10:  Appendices
• Consent form (pdf format - 52 kb)
• Protocol (pdf format - 55 kb)
• Questionnaires
• Socio-Demographic Questionnaire (pdf format - 58 kb)
• 24-H-Recall Questionnaire (pdf format - 112 kb)
• Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (pdf format - 295 kb)
• Food Procurement and Household Food Inventory Questionnaire (pdf format - 536 kb)
• Hunger scale Questionnaire (pdf format - 12 kb)
• Training Manuals (pdf format - 374 kb)
• Video script (pdf format - 143 kb)