MICS4 Survey Design Workshop Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop Questionnaire for Individual Women: Maternal mortality

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) MMR = Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births MDG5

Methodological issues Possible to add maternal mortality module to MICS4 Womens Questionnaire MICS4 recommends the direct sisterhood method –Maternal mortality –Adult mortality (male and female) Sisterhood method is *not* appropriate for countries…. –Likely to have low maternal mortality ratio –With low levels of fertility –Where other source of maternal mortality data available MICS4 Survey Design Workshop

Example of trend estimation from sibling histories with 95% confidence intervals Source: Ken Hill – UN maternal mort workshop, Nairobi December 2010

MICS4 maternal mortality module MATERNAL MORTALITYMM N OW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT IS, ALL OF THE CHILDREN BORN TO YOUR NATURAL MOTHER. P LEASE INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH YOU, THOSE WHO ARE LIVING ELSEWHERE, AND THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. MM1. H OW MANY CHILDREN DID YOUR MOTHER GIVE BIRTH TO, INCLUDING YOURSELF ? Number of births to natural mother___ ___ MM2. C HECK MM1. T WO OR MORE BIRTHS C ONTINUE WITH MM3 O NLY ONE BIRTH ( RESPONDENT ONLY ) N EXT MODULE MM3. H OW MANY OF THESE BIRTHS DID YOUR MOTHER HAVE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN ? Number of preceding births___ ___ MICS4 Survey Design Workshop

Prepared by: Holly Newby Statistics and Monitoring Section UNICEF/New York