Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysRegional Training WorkshopI - Survey Design

General Structure of MICS3 Questionnaires

General Characteristics

• Prepared in a modular fashion

• Easy to take out modules, insert modules

• Developed in collaboration with other UN agencies, other partners in development and data collection

• Harmonized with the DHS program

Criteria for inclusion in MICS3

• Relevant MDG indicators

• Relevant for MTSP priority areas

• Continuity with WSC indicators

• Interagency agreement on indicators

• Previously tested indicators

• Do not compromise data quality of other indicators

• MICS is a practical tool for collecting information on indicators

• Possible to collect through household surveys

Questionnaires

• Household questionnaire• Questionnaire for individual women• Questionnaire for children under 5

– Measurement of height and weight of children under 5

– Testing of salt used in household for iodine content

– Collection of geographic information

Questionnaire Modules

Core Modules: Expected to be included in all MICS surveys

Additional Modules: Expected to be included in all countries where they apply

Optional Modules: May be included where there is particular interest

Household questionnaire Core

• Household Information Panel• Household Listing • Education• Water and Sanitation• Household Characteristics• Child Labor• Salt Iodization

Household questionnaire Core + Additional

• Household Information Panel• Extended Household Listing• Education• Water and Sanitation• Household Characteristics• Insecticide Treated Nets• Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS• Child Labor• Salt Iodization

Household questionnaireCore + Additional + Optional

• Household Information Panel• Extended Household Listing• Education• Water and Sanitation• Additional Household Characteristics + Security of Tenure• Insecticide Treated Nets + Source and Cost of ITN• Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS• Child Labor• Child discipline• Disability• Maternal Mortality• Salt Iodization

Women’s questionnaireCore

• Women’s Information Panel

• Child Mortality

• Tetanus Toxoid

• Maternal and Newborn Health

• Marriage/Union

• Contraception

• HIV/AIDS

Women’s questionnaireCore + Additional

• Women’s Information Panel• Child Mortality• Tetanus Toxoid• Maternal and Newborn Health + Malaria Prevention • Marriage/Union, + Polygyny• Contraception• Female Genital Cutting• Sexual Behavior• HIV/AIDS

Women’s questionnaireCore + Additional + Optional

• Women’s Information Panel• Child Mortality• Tetanus Toxoid• Maternal and Newborn Health + Malaria Prevention • Marriage/Union + Polygyny• Security of Tenure• Contraception + Unmet Need• Female Genital Cutting• Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence• Sexual Behavior• HIV/AIDS

Under-5 questionnaireCore

• Under-5 Child Information Panel

• Birth Registration and Early Learning

• Vitamin A

• Breastfeeding

• Care of Illness

• Immunization

• Anthropometry

Under-5 questionnaires (7 modules)Core + Additional

• Under-5 Child Information Panel

• Birth Registration and Early Learning

• Vitamin A

• Breastfeeding

• Care of Illness

• Malaria

• Immunization

• Anthropometry

Under-5 questionnaire (8 modules)Core + Additional + Optional

• Under-5 Child Information Panel• Birth Registration and Early Learning• Child Development• Vitamin A• Breastfeeding• Care of Illness + Source and Cost of Supply of ORS and

Antibiotics• Malaria + Source and Cost of Supply of Antimalarials• Immunization• Anthropometry

Eligibility

• Household: A person, or a group of persons living and eating together

• Survey Unit: Household• Separate interviews of all women age 15-49

in the household, and of mothers/primary caretakers of all children under age 5

• However, not all modules are asked about and to the same person/unit

Units, Targets, Respondents

Household questionnaire

• Identify respondent: knowledgeable adult or mother/primary caretaker of children in household to begin with

• Multiple possible respondents– Ask respondent about household– Ask respondent about household members– Ask HH members about themselves– Ask mothers/primary caretakers about children

Household questionnaireCore + Additional + Optional

About Asked to

HH Information Panel HH Resp.

Ext. HH Listing HH Members Resp.

Education 5+ Members Resp.

Water and Sanitation HH Resp.

Add. HH Characteristics + Security of Tenure HH Resp.

ITN + Source and Cost of ITN HH Resp.

Children Orphaned & Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS 0-17 Resp.

Child Labor(5-14) 5-14 Mother/PCT

Child discipline 2-14 Mother/PCT

Disability 2-9 Mother/PCT

Maternal Mortality HH Members HH Members

Salt Iodization HH HH

Women’s questionnaireCore + Additional + Optional

• Respondent: Woman age 15-49

• Modules:– For all women– Ask 15-24 women only (sexual behavior)– Ask if had live birth during last 2 years

(tetanus toxoid & maternal and newborn health)

Under-5s questionnaireCore + Additional + Optional

• Respondent: Mother or primary caretaker of under-5s living in the household

• Modules– For all mothers/primary caretakers

“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 women’s questionnaire to ALL women age 15-49 living in sampled households– NOT only one woman per household

• Administer under-5s questionnaire to mothers/primary caretakers of ALL under-5s living in household– NOT for only one under-5 per household– NOT for only under-5s whose mothers are in the

household

Example Household 1

• Nigel (Male, Age 45)– HH Questionnaire with Nigel

Example Household 2

• Victoria (Female, Age 36)– HH Questionnaire with Victoria

– Woman’s Questionnaire with Victoria

Example Household 3

• Victoria (Female, Age 32)

• John (Male, Son of Victoria, Age 3)– HH Questionnaire with Victoria

– Women’s Questionnaire with Victoria

– Under-5 Questionnaire for John, with Victoria (the mother)

Example Household 4

• Nigel (Male, Age 45)

• Victoria (Female, Nigel’s Partner, Age 32)

• John (Male, Nigel and Victoria’s Son, Age 3)– HH Questionnaire with Nigel or Victoria

– Woman’s Questionnaire with Victoria

– Under-5s Questionnaire for John, with Victoria (mother)

Example Household 5

• Nigel (Male, 45)• Victoria (Female, 32, Nigel’s Wife)• John (Male, 3, Nigel and Victoria’s Son)• Eve (Female, 48, Nigel’s Sister)• Martin (Male, 4, Eve’s Adopted Child)

• HH Questionnaire with Nigel or Victoria or Eve• Woman’s Questionnaire with Victoria• Under-5s Questionnaire for John, with Victoria

(mother)• Woman’s Questionnaire with Eve• Under-5s Questionnaire for Martin, with Eve

(caretaker)