Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Data Interpretation, Further Analysis and

Dissemination Workshop

MICS Global Update

Global household survey programs

Global household survey programs generating data on children and women have been in

existence since the 1970s

Global household survey programs

Multi-topic, multiple indicator surveys World Fertility Surveys (1970s to early 1980s)

Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys (1980s)

Demographic and Health Surveys (since 1980s, USAID)

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (since 1995, UNICEF)

Reproductive Health Surveys (1990s to 2010s, CDC)

MICS and DHS are now the two largest global survey programs on children and women

Global household survey programs

Thematic (global) surveys Living Standards Measurement Surveys (WB) Malaria Indicator Surveys (RBM) AIDS Indicator Surveys (USAID) SIMPOC Surveys (ILO) SMART Surveys (UNICEF et al)

…and others Regional Programs – PAPFAM (LAS), SILC

(EUROSTAT) and others

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

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, in 1995 and 2000

Nationally representative sample of households Face to face interviews, observations,

measurements

MICS Since 1995Round Year/Period Emphasis # of Surveys

MICS1 1995 World Summit for Children Goals 60

MICS2 2000 World Summit for Children Goals 65

MICS3 2005-09World Fit For Children Goals, MDGs, Other Global Monitoring Frameworks

53

MICS4 2009-13 MDGs, Other Global Monitoring Frameworks 60

MICS5 2012-15Final MDG Assessment, A Promise Renewed, Other Global Monitoring Frameworks, baseline for post 2015 goals/targets

43

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 around 240 surveys

281 surveys including MICS5

MICS4: 2009-2013

MDGs, other globally recommended indicators, new topics, emerging issues (e.g. ECD, life satisfaction, adolescents)

60 surveys, 50 countries National: 43 surveys Selected zones, populations: 17 surveys

Low and middle/high income countries Chad, Mali, Costa Rica, Serbia, Qatar, Argentina

Median sample size: 7800 households

MICS5: 2012-2015

MDGs, globally recommended indicators 43 surveys, 40 countries

National: 34 surveys Selected zones, populations: 10 surveys

Median sample size expected to increase by 20-25 per cent

Majority of surveys targeting final MDG assessment

Timeline for global reporting on MDGs

SG’s MDG Report launchSeptember 2015

Data compilation and analysisUntil early to late fall 2014

Submission of data for SG’s reportMarch 2015

2012 2013 2014 2015

MICS/Household Surveys

Year of Fieldwork Completion, MICS5 Surveys

2013 2014 2015

9

27

7

Regional Distribution, MICS5 Surveys

Central, E

astern Europe, C

IS

East Asia

, Paci

fic

Eastern, S

outhern Africa

Middle East, N

orth Afric

a

South Asia

Latin Americ

a, Cari

bbean

Western, C

entral A

frica

8

3 46

4 5

13

Status of MICS5 Surveys

Planning

Design

Pre-test, Listing

Fieldwork

Data entry, editing

Analysis

Report Drafting

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4

5

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MICS5 Countries

Low, middle and high income countries Oman, Mali, Kazakhstan, Serbia

Emergency or post-emergency settings Countries new to MICS (UAE), “returning”

countries (Malawi, Guyana), or countries that have participated in (almost) all rounds (Serbia, Cuba)

Regional Workshops

2013 Survey Design (5)

• Kathmandu (March), Dakar (April), Amman (April), Managua (May), Dubai (June)

Data Processing (3)• Bangkok (June), Dakar (July), Dubai (October)

Regional Workshops

2014 Survey Design (2) Data Processing (1)

and Data Interpretation, Further Analysis and

Dissemination (4)

First Results, Impressions

Enhanced technical support and coordination system, increased sample sizes, increased cost

Improvements in compliance to recommendations, standard tools and approaches, and data quality

Improvements in length and content of training, sampling, data processing

Target of releasing results 3-6 months after fieldwork likely to be met for most surveys

Major bottlenecks: Fast data collection, sampling, political or governance processes, many surveys

Ongoing methodological work

Development of modules/protocols for Rapid water quality testing External economic support Child disability

Survey tools Tablet assisted interviewing

Data From MICS

Household surveys such as MICS generate representative, high quality data data on coverage, levels, attitudes and

knowledge data for a large number of stratifiers,

disaggregatesall at the same time, within a short period of time, and at low total cost

Data for more than 100 indicators which can be disaggregated by:• geozones• residence (urban, urban-poor, rural)• gender• education• age• wealth• ethnicity/religion/language• others

• and for combinations of the above

Data From MICS

Data From MICS

Over the years, MICS has worked on the development of many new or improved measurement tools, including

Child discipline Child labor Early childhood

development Hand washing Children left behind

Birth registration Post-natal health Life satisfaction FGM/C Fertility Birth weight

You may have generated data on some of these topics for the first time!

UNICEF’s Global Databases and MICSData sources for most recent national data points

www.childinfo.org

Standard survey toolsReports

Micro datasetsMICS activities

Thank You