Given the situation that existed in Somalia in 2009, a number
of limitations were encountered in survey implementation.
Accurate population lists were absent and the estimates were
compiled by using the best available data from a variety of UN
and other sources. Uncertainty around the relative sizes of zonal,
regional, and district populations may have affected the allocation
of survey clusters and population weighting, but these
effects are likely to have been small. Certain geographic areas
had to be excluded due to security concerns, as indicated in the
map figures, so the survey results need to be interpreted with
these exclusions in mind. Although the achieved sample size was
slightly smaller than the target value for both women and SAC,
it exceeded 80% in both cases