SENEGAL - Mlomp HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 1985-2014 (Release 2017)
Reference ID | INDEPTH.SN012.CMD2014.v1 |
Year | 1985 - 2014 |
Country | SENEGAL |
Producer(s) |
Laurence Fleury - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement El-Hadji Ciré Konko Bâ - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Valérie Delaunay - Institut de Recherche pour le Dévelo |
Sponsor(s) | Institut de Recherches pour le Développement - IRD - Current Funder Institut National d'Etudes Démographique - INED - Current Funder |
Collection(s) | |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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Overview
Identification
INDEPTH.SN012.CMD2014.v1 |
Version
CMD2014.v1: For public distribution 2017-05-20
Overview
In 1985 the population and health observatory was established at Mlomp, in the region of Ziguinchor, in southern Senegal (see map). The objective was to complement the two rural population observatories then existing in the country, Bandafassi, in the south-east, and Niakhar, in the centre-west, with a third observatory in a region - the south-west of the country (Casamance) - whose history, ethnic composition and economic situation were quite different from those of the regions where the first two observatories were located. It was expected that measuring the demographic levels and trends on those three sites would provide better coverage of the demographic and epidemiological diversity of the country.Following a population census in 1984-1985, demographic events and causes of death have been monitored yearly. During the initial census, all women were interviewed concerning the birth and survival of their children. Since 1985, yearly censuses, usually conducted in January-February, have been recording demographic data, including all births, deaths, and migrations. The completeness and accuracy of dates of birth and death are cross-checked against those of registers of the local maternity ward (_95% of all births) and dispensary (all deaths are recorded, including those occurring outside the area), respectively. The study area comprises 11 villages with approximately 8000 inhabitants, mostly Diola. Mlomp is located in the Department of Oussouye, Region of Ziguinchor (Casamance), 500 km south of Dakar.
On 1 January 2000 the Mlomp area included a population of 7,591 residents living in 11 villages. The population density was 108 people per square kilometre. The population belongs to the Diola ethnic group, and the religion is predominantly animist, with a large minority of Christians and a few Muslims. Though low, the educational level - in 2000, 55% of women aged 15-49 had been to school (for at least one year) - is definitely higher than at Bandafassi. The population also benefits from much better health infrastructure and programmes. Since 1961, the area under study has been equipped with a private health centre run by French Catholic nurses and, since 1968, a village maternity centre where most women give birth. The vast majority of the children are totally immunized and involved in a growth-monitoring programme (Pison et al.,1993; Pison et al., 2001).
Event history data
Individual
Scope
It specifically only includes the events defining the resident exposure of individuals under surveillance as well as the delivery events of resident women. Each type of event contains minimal attributes describing the event:Attributes common to each event:
Event Type,
Event Date
Observation date
Migration
Orign & Destination
Death:
Cause
Delivery:
Live born and Still born counts
Parity
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Demography [N01.224] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Age Distribution [N01.224.033] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Censuses [N01.224.175] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Emigration and Immigration [N01.224.625.350] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Residential Mobility [N01.224.791.700] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Sex Distribution [N01.224.803] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Life Expectancy [N01.224.935.464] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Mortality [N01.224.935.698] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Birth Rate [N01.224.935.849.500] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Rural Population [N01.600.725] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Parity [N06.850.490.812.600] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Survival Analysis [N06.850.520.830.998] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Coverage
The Mlomp DSS site, about 500 km from the capital, Dakar, in Senegal, lies between latitudes 12°36' and 12°32'N and longitudes 16°33' and 16°37'E, at an altitude ranging from 0 to 20 m above sea level. It is in the region of Ziguinchor, Département of Oussouye (Casamance), in southwest Senegal. It is locates 50 km west of the city of Ziguinchor and 25 kms north of the border with Guinea Bissau. It covers about half the Arrondissement of Loudia-Ouolof. The Mlomp DSS site is about 11 km × 7 km and has an area of 70 km2. Villages are households grouped in a circle with a 3-km diameter and surrounded by lands that are flooded during the rainy season and cultivated for rice. There is still no electricity.At the census, a person was considered a member of the compound if the head of the compound declared it to be so. This definition was broad and resulted in a de jure population under study. Thereafter, a criterion was used to decide whether and when a person was to be excluded or included in the population.
A person was considered to exit from the study population through either death or emigration. Part of the population of Mlomp engages in seasonal migration, with seasonal migrants sometimes remaining 1 or 2 years outside the area before returning. A person who is absent for two successive yearly rounds, without returning in between, is regarded as having emigrated and no longer resident in the study population at the date of the second round. This definition results in the inclusion of some vital events that occur outside the study area. Some births, for example, occur to women classified in the study population but physically absent at the time of delivery, and these births are registered and included in the calculation of rates, although information on them is less accurate. Special exit criteria apply to babies born outside the study area: they are considered emigrants on the same date as their mother.
A new person enters the study population either through birth to a woman of the study population or through immigration. Information on immigrants is collected when the list of compounds of a village is checked ("Are there new compounds or new families who settled since the last visit?") or when the list of members of a compound is checked ("Are there new persons in the compound since the last visit?"). Some immigrants are villagers who left the area several years before and were excluded from the study population. Information is collected to determine in which compound they were previously registered, to match the new and old information.
Information is routinely collected on movements from one compound to another within the study area. Some categories of the population, such as older widows or orphans, frequently move for short periods of time and live in between several compounds, and they may be considered members of these compounds or of none. As a consequence, their movements are not always declared.
Producers and Sponsors
Name | Affiliation |
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Laurence Fleury | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement |
El-Hadji Ciré Konko Bâ | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement |
Valérie Delaunay | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement |
Cheikh Sokhna | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement |
Gilles Pison | Institut National d'Etudes Démographique |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Ousmane Ndiaye | Institut de Recherches pour le Développement | Data Manager |
Pape Niokhor DIOUF | Institut de Recherches pour le Développement | Supervisor |
Paul SENGHOR | Institut de Recherches pour le Développement | Verbal autopsy interviwer |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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Institut de Recherches pour le Développement | IRD | Current Funder |
Institut National d'Etudes Démographique | INED | Current Funder |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Emilie Ndiaye | Institut de Recherches pour le Développement | Referencies Management |
Metadata Production
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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iSHARE2 Technical Team | iS2TT | INDEPTH Network | Documentation of the study |
INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH Network | agency |
Emilie Volpi | ON | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement | DDI author |
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