MICS4 Survey Design Workshop Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop Overview of MICS4 Research Tools
Mar 27, 2015
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Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop
Overview of MICS4 Research Tools
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MICS4 Research Tools
• Questionnaires
– Measurements
•Observations
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MICS4 Research Tools
• Questionnaires [Face to Face Interviews]
– Household Questionnaire– Questionnaire for Individual Women (Age 15-49)– Questionnaire for Children Under Five
Interviews and eligibility
1. Interview a knowledgeable adult member with Household Questionnaire, obtain list of household members
2. Women age 15-49 in the household list: • Interview women with Women’s Questionnaire
3. Children age 0-4 in the household list:• Interview mothers or caretakers with Under-5
Questionnaire
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Household Questionnaire
• Household Information Panel• Household Listing Form• Education• Water and Sanitation• Household Characteristics - [Observation]• Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) - [Observation]• Indoor Residual Spraying• Child Labour• Child Discipline• Handwashing - [Observation]• Salt Iodization [Salt Testing]
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Questionnaire for Individual Women
• Woman’s Information Panel
• Woman’s Background• Child Mortality• Desire for Last Birth• Maternal and Newborn
Health• Illness Symptoms• Contraception• Unmet Need
• Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
• Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence
• Marriage/Union • Sexual Behaviour• HIV/AIDS
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Questionnaire for Children Under Five
• Under-Five Child Information Panel• Age• Birth Registration• Early Childhood Development• Breastfeeding• Care of Illness• Malaria• Immunization [Copying information from Immunization Card]• Anthropometry [Measurement of height and weight, Oedema]
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• Measurements– As part of Household Questionnaire:
• Testing of salt used in household for iodine content - [Salt Test Kits] [by Interviewer]
– As part of Questionnaire for Children Under Five:• Measurement of height and weight of children under 5 -
[Boards and Scales], [by Measurer]– As part of Cluster visits
• Collection of geographic information [GPS] [by Supervisor]
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MICS4 Research Tools• Observations [by Interviewer]
– As part of Household Questionnaire:• Material of the dwelling floor• Main material of the roof• Main material of the exterior walls• Mosquito nets - [request to see]• Place for handwashing - [request to go and see]
– Presence of water– Presence of soap or detergent
– As part of Under 5 Questionnaire:• Observation of Oedema during anthropometric measurements
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• Recording [by Interviewer]– As part of Under Five Questionnaire:
• Immunization Card - [request to see]
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General Characteristics
• MICS4 Model Questionnaires [Global use]• Prepared in a modular fashion• Easy to take out modules • Customization of questionnaires is needed
• Adaptation to countries• Concepts/Translation• Country specific answer categories
• Adaptation to fit or combine with other household surveys
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General Characteristics
• Developed in collaboration with other UN agencies and other partners in development and data collection
• Harmonized with the DHS program and questionnaires
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Criteria for inclusion in MICS4• Possible to collect through household surveys
• Easy to administer
• Applicable to significant numbers of countries
• Relevant MDG indicators (and other international goals)
• UNICEF priority / Continuity with WSC indicators
• Interagency agreement on indicators
• Well tested validated modules/questions
• Should not compromise data quality of other indicators
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Eligibility for Interview
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Household questionnaire
• Survey Unit: Household– Household: A person, or a group of persons living
and eating together
• Identify respondent: – knowledgeable adult or mother/primary caretaker
of children in household • Single respondent to all modules of the Household
Questionnaire
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Questionnaire for Individual Women
• Respondent:– Women age 15-49
• Separate interviews of all women age 15-49 in the household
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Questionnaire for Children Under Five
• Respondent: – Mother or primary caretaker of under-5s living in
the household
• Mothers/primary caretakers of all children under age 5 living in the household
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“Do”s and “Don’t”s• Administer household questionnaire to ALL households
in the sample – NOT only households with women and/or under-5 children
• Administer woman’s questionnaire to ALL women age 15-49 living in sampled households– NOT only one woman per household
• Administer Under Five questionnaire to mothers/primary caretakers of ALL under-5s living in household– NOT for only one under five per household– NOT for only under fives whose mothers are in the
household
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Example Household 1
• Nigel (Male, Age 45)
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Example Household 1
• Nigel (Male, Age 45)– Household Questionnaire with Nigel
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Example Household 2• Victoria (Female, Age 36)
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Example Household 2• Victoria (Female, Age 36)
– Household Questionnaire with Victoria– Woman’s Questionnaire with Victoria
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Example Household 3• Wendy (Female, Age 32)• James (Male, Son of Wendy, Age 3)
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Example Household 3• Wendy (Female, Age 32)• James (Male, Son of Wendy, Age 3)
– Household Questionnaire with Wendy– Woman’s Questionnaire with Wendy– Under-5 Questionnaire for James, with Wendy (the
mother)
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Example Household 4• Paul (Male, Age 45)• Deborah (Female, Paul’s Partner, Age 32)• Jim (Male, Paul and Deborah’s Son, Age 3)
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Example Household 4• Paul (Male, Age 45)• Deborah (Female, Paul’s Partner, Age 32)• Jim (Male, Paul and Deborah’s Son, Age 3)
– Household Questionnaire with Paul or Deborah– Woman’s Questionnaire with Deborah– Under-5 Questionnaire for Jim, with Deborah
(mother)
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Example Household 5• Peter (Male, 45)• Kathy (Female, 32, Peter’s Wife)• Tom (Male, 3, Peter and Kathy’s Son)• Eve (Female, 48, Peter’s Sister)• Martin (Male, 4, Eve’s Adopted Child)
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Example Household 5• Peter (Male, 45)• Kathy (Female, 32, Peter’s Wife)• Tom (Male, 3, Peter and Kathy’s Son)• Eve (Female, 48, Peter’s Sister)• Martin (Male, 4, Eve’s Adopted Child)
• Household Questionnaire with Peter or Kathy or Eve• Woman’s Questionnaire with Kathy• Under-5 Questionnaire for Tom, with Kathy (mother)• Woman’s Questionnaire with Eve• Under-5 Questionnaire for Martin, with Eve (caretaker)