Data on various socio-economic characteristics and the nutritional status of the population of the Province of Nakhon Rachasima had been collected in a basic human needs survey for the purpose of integrated rural development planning. The collected data represent the conditions of an entire province. An assessment of the correlations between various agricultural, socio-economic and sanitation parameters is made. Malnutrition of children under 5 years of age is correlated with some of the assessed parameters. But, the usefulness of general basic needs surveys for designing nutrition intervention projects is limited due to a lack of specific information on the points of leverage to bring about change in the nutritional status.