Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Data Dissemination and Further Analysis Workshop MICS Global Update MICS4 Data Dissemination and Further Analysis Workshop

Global household survey programmes Since 1970s Multi-topic, multiple indicator surveys World Fertility Surveys (1970s, early 1980s) Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys (1980s) Demographic and Health Surveys (since 1980s, USAID) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (since 1995, UNICEF) Reproductive Health Surveys (since 1990s, CDC)

Global household survey programmes Thematic surveys Living Standards Measurement Surveys - LSMS (World Bank) Malaria Indicator Surveys – MIS (RBM Malaria) AIDS Indicator Surveys - AIS (USAID) SMART surveys (Nutrition)

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Household survey program, developed by UNICEF in the 1990s –to assist countries in filling data gaps on children’s and women’s well-being for tracking progress toward World Summit for Children Goals Nationally representative household sample surveys –Face to face interviews, observations, measurements –Representative sample of households

Notes: Countries with at least one MICS survey Including sub-national surveys and ongoing MICS4 surveys Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) Since 1995, more than 100 countries and close to 230 surveys

Background MICS1 and MICS2 –1995 and 2000 –Emphasis on World Summit for Children goals –62 and 65 countries MICS3 – –Emphasis on World Fit for Children Goals, MDGs, and plus –52 countries

MICS4 Launched in 2009 Ends in 2011 MDGs and other globally recommended indicators 59 surveys (as of September 2011) –National: 47 surveys –Selected regions/zones: 12 surveys

MICS4 Surveys by Region

Status of MICS4 Surveys

MICS4 Countries - Global Low and middle income countries Emergency or post-emergency situations New to MICS, all MICS rounds, returning countries Single household survey data source on children in many countries Included in statistical plans

Regional Workshops Survey Design (7) Data Processing (6) Data dissemination and further analysis –Interpretation of results, tables –Dissemination –Further analysis Bangkok (EAPRO-ROSA): May Istanbul (Global): June Dakar (Africa): July Belgrade (Global): November

Methodological work Completed: –Post-natal care –Early childhood development –Life satisfaction –Child disability medical assessment –Place for hand washing –Unmet need Ongoing –Child labor –Vulnerability –Migration –PDA/Tablet use

Questionnaires Modules that were “additional/optional” or which were being developed at the time of the first workshop are now part of the core set of questionnaires A single set of questionnaires are now being used – no additional or optional modules

D EMOGRAPHICS O RPHANHOOD E DUCATION W ATER AND S ANITATION H OUSEHOLD C HARACTERISTICS I NSECTICIDE T REATED N ETS I NDOOR R ESIDUAL S PRAYING C HILD L ABOUR C HILD D ISCIPLINE H ANDWASHING S ALT I ODIZATION

A GE AND L ITERACY A CCESS TO M ASS M EDIA AND U SE OF ICT C HILD M ORTALITY ( WITH OR WITHOUT BIRTH HISTORIES ) D ESIRE FOR L AST B IRTH A NTENATAL, D ELIVERY, P OST - NATAL CARE I LLNESS S YMPTOMS C ONTRACEPTION, U NMET N EED FGM A TTITUDES T OWARD D OMESTIC V IOLENCE M ARRIAGE /U NION S EXUAL B EHAVIOUR HIV/AIDS M ATERNAL M ORTALITY T OBACCO AND A LCOHOL U SE L IFE S ATISFACTION

A GE B IRTH R EGISTRATION P RE - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, E ARLY C HILDHOOD D EVELOPMENT B REASTFEEDING, I NFANT AND Y OUNG C HILD F EEDING C ARE OF I LLNESS (D IARRHOEA, P NEUMONIA, M ALARIA ) I MMUNIZATION A NTHROPOMETRY I MMUNIZATION M ODULE FOR H EALTH F ACILITIES

Other Questionnaires Men’s Questionnaire (15-49 or 15-59) Child disability Anemia, HIV testing in a few countries Testing PDAs/Tablets in selected countries (Costa Rica, Oman, Qatar, Thailand)

Data collection through MICS is a primary source of disaggregated data MICS provides data for more than 100 indicators which can be disaggregated by: geozones residence (urban, urban- poor, rural) gender education age wealth ethnicity/religion/language other stratifiers combinations of the above Disaggregation

Mauritania MICS Use of improved sanitation among non-poor urban households is 4 times higher than the urban poor households

Sampling Increases in sample size –7000 in MICS3 –Around 10,500 in MICS4 Over-sampling for under-5s, minority groups Weighted sample designs 12 percent relative error –20 %, +/- 2.4 –40 %, +/- 4.8

Selected sample sizes from MICS4

Initial impressions Increased sample sizes, increased cost Improvements in length and content of training, sampling, data processing Target of publication of final report 12 months after fieldwork not met in some countries Major bottlenecks: Simultaneous data entry, data processing/editing/tabulations Overall improvements in data quality

Rest of 2011 (and early 2012) Continue support to unfinished surveys Upload reports, data sets to childinfo.org Ongoing methodological work –Water quality testing –Child labor –Vulnerability –Unmet need –PDA/Tablets Preparations for MICS5

MICS5 will be implemented in Short period after MICS4, increased survey activity expected due to –MDG deadline in 2015 –UNICEF’s strengthened commitment to reaching the MDGs with equity

MICS 4 MICS 5 SG’s MDG Report launch September 2015 Submission of data for SG’s report March 2015 Data compilation and analysis Summer 2014 Large number of countries to conduct surveys for MDG monitoring Timeline for reporting on MDGs

UNICEF’s Equity (Re)Focus UNICEF is re-focusing on reaching the most vulnerable population groups Progress in meeting national and international goals, but progress is not uniform, disparities are increasing Intensified efforts to reach the disadvantaged populations will accelerate overall progress, at low cost

UNICEF’s Equity (Re)Focus While interventions are supported, monitoring of progress will be emphasized – to generate the evidence and guide interventions UNICEF’s internal monitoring systems, process monitoring, and objective validation of results: Household surveys, MICS Increased demand for MICS surveys expected during

MICS Coordinates Reports, survey documents, micro data sets are available for download, free of charge, at Easy access to MICS results – comparative tables, graphs and maps at

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