Pacific Nutrient DataBase 2020
Regional, 2020
Statistics for Development Division
Identification
IDNO
SPC_REG_2020_PNDB_v01_M
Title
Pacific Nutrient DataBase 2020
Translated Title
Base de Données sur les Valeurs Nutritives du Pacifique 2020
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Regional | REG |
Abstract
Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) are implemented to rebase consumer price indices and estimates of household contribution to national gross domestic product. More recently, HIES data have been used in poverty analyses and to conduct nutrition and food security oriented analyses.
The more recent applications of HIES data – poverty, nutrition and food security – require the use of edible-portion conversion factors to convert the reported acquisition of wholefoods into edible portions so estimates can be made of what people apparently ingest. These data then require the use of food composition tables (FCTs) to convert the edible portion into caloric and nutrient consumption values, so total energy and nutrient consumption can be estimated.
HIES data in the Pacific region are coded using the United Nations Statistics Division’s Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP); however, there is no regionally standardised linkage between COICOP and the Pacific Islands Food Composition Tables Second Edition (PIFCT). Furthermore, the PIFCTs do not have edible-portion conversion factors and are insufficient to cover the full list of foods reported in the HIES.
To address this, the Pacific Nutrient Database (PNDB) was developed to provide the Pacific region with a standard set of conversion factors and food composition data that are mapped to COICOP (1999). To add more value to the database, each food item is also mapped to COICOP 2018, classified into FAO Commodity Groups and food groups to compute Household Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS). The PNDB includes 26 components plus edible and inedible portions for a total of 822 foods.
The more recent applications of HIES data – poverty, nutrition and food security – require the use of edible-portion conversion factors to convert the reported acquisition of wholefoods into edible portions so estimates can be made of what people apparently ingest. These data then require the use of food composition tables (FCTs) to convert the edible portion into caloric and nutrient consumption values, so total energy and nutrient consumption can be estimated.
HIES data in the Pacific region are coded using the United Nations Statistics Division’s Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP); however, there is no regionally standardised linkage between COICOP and the Pacific Islands Food Composition Tables Second Edition (PIFCT). Furthermore, the PIFCTs do not have edible-portion conversion factors and are insufficient to cover the full list of foods reported in the HIES.
To address this, the Pacific Nutrient Database (PNDB) was developed to provide the Pacific region with a standard set of conversion factors and food composition data that are mapped to COICOP (1999). To add more value to the database, each food item is also mapped to COICOP 2018, classified into FAO Commodity Groups and food groups to compute Household Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS). The PNDB includes 26 components plus edible and inedible portions for a total of 822 foods.
Kind of Data
Aggregate data [agg]
Version
Version number
Version 01: Cleaned and labelled version of the Master file
Version Date
2020-07-01
Scope
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| COICOP |
| FAO |
| Food |
| Nutrient |
| Calory |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Pacific Region.
Unit of Analysis
COICOP commodity
Universe
Not applicable.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community (SPC) |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Agriculture Organization | United Nations | Co-producer of the PNDB |
| University of Wollongong | Australian Government | Co-producer of the PNDB |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | Australian Government | Funding |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Not applicable.
Deviations from the Sample Design
Not applicable.
Response Rate
Not applicable.
Weighting
Not applicable.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | Cycle |
|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 | Finalization of the dataset |
Mode of data collection
Other [oth]
Supervision
Not applicable.
Type of Research Instrument
Questionnaires used were those from Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) in the Pacific Region.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| National Statistics Office | NSO | Government |
Data Processing
Cleaning Operations
Data editing was done using the software Excel.
Other Processing
The dataset was constructed in Excel and is a compilation of data from various food composition tables.
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
Not applicable.
Data Appraisal
Not applicable.
Data access
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community (SPC) | https://sdd.spc.int/ |
Conditions
Public-use file, accessible to all.
Citation requirement
"Statistics for Development Division, Pacific Nutrient DataBase 2020 (PNDB 2020), Version 01 of the public-use dataset (July 2020), provided by the Pacific Data Hub - Microdata Library. https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/home"
Contacts
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community (SPC) | https://sdd.spc.int/ |
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI_SPC_REG_2020_PNDB_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics for Development Division | SDD | Pacific Community (SPC) | Documentation of the study |
Date of Production
2020-10-20
Document version
Version 01 (October 2020): This is the first attempt at documenting the Pacific Nutrient DataBase (PNDB). Done by Statistics for Development Division (SDD) at Noumea, New Caledonia.