Since there was no dedicated Population Based Survey to generate the baseline values, this analysis uses two distinct datasets: (a) Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey (CSES, 2009); (b) Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (CDHS, 2010).

Data was extrapolated and created using the following methodology: (a) Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey (CSES): the Cambodia Socioeconomic Survey (CSES, 2009) was conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the Ministry of Planning (MOP) of Cambodia. The CSES 2009 was a nationally representative survey with a sample of 12,000 households within 720 sampling units (villages), which were divided into 12 monthly samples of 1000 households in 60 villages. The sampling design provided for estimates for urban and rural areas and the Municipality of Phnom Penh. The 2008 Population Census of Cambodia was used as sampling frame (NIS, 2010). The sampling design in the CSES 2009 survey is a three­stage design. In stage one, a sample of villages is selected using systematic sampling. In stage two, an Enumeration Area (EA) is selected from each village selected in stage one using Simple Random Sampling (SRS). Finally, in stage three, a sample of households is selected from each EA by systematic sampling. For the generation of the relevant Baseline indicators we used the sample for the four FtF provinces, with a total of 2,453 households (2,096 in rural and 357 in urban areas). The CSES collects a wide range of data related to household living conditions, income generation and expenditures.

(b) Demographic and Health Survey (CDHS): The Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (CDHS, 2010) is a nationally representative sample survey of 18,754 women and 8,239 men age 15­49. The 2010 CDHS is the third comprehensive survey conducted in Cambodia as part of the worldwide MEASURE DHS project. The primary purpose of the CDHS is to provide policymakers and planners with up­-to-date, reliable data on fertility; family planning; infant, child, and maternal mortality; maternal and child health; nutrition; malaria; knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and women’s status. The sampling frame used for the 2010 CDHS was the complete list of all villages enumerated in the 2008 Cambodia General Population Census provided by the NIS. The survey was based on a stratified sample selected in two stages. In the first stage, 611 EAs were selected with probability proportional to size. The household listings provided the frame from which households were selected in the second stage. To ensure a sample size large enough to calculate reliable estimates for each study domain, it was necessary to restrict the total number of households selected to 24 in each urban EA and 28 in each rural EA. For the purposes of generating the Cambodia Feed ­the Future Indicators, we use the CDHS 2010 survey sample for the four provinces that make the Zone of Influence, in which 1,814 were respondents of all non­pregnant women in reproductive age (15­49 years); 1,796 women in reproductive age with anemia measurement (15­49 years); 78 children 0­5 months; 736 children 0­59 months; 634 children 6­59 months with hemoglobin measurement.