The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are a survey program developed by the United Nations Children's Fund to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women. The first round of surveys (MICS1) was carried out in over 60 countries in 1995 in response to the World Summit for Children. A second round (MICS2) in 2000 increased the depth of the survey, allowing monitoring of multiple indicators.

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  • The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are a survey program developed by the United Nations Children's Fund to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women. The first round of surveys (MICS1) was carried out in over 60 countries in 1995 in response to the World Summit for Children. A second round (MICS2) in 2000 increased the depth of the survey, allowing monitoring of multiple indicators. An third round (MICS3) was ongoing as of 2006 and aimed at producing data measuring progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, World Fit for Children, and other major relevant international commitments. The fourth round, launched in 2009, aims at most data collection conducted in 2010. This represents a scale-up of frequency of MICS from UNICEF, now offering the survey programme on a three-year cycle. The MICS questionnaires are: - Household, administered to the head of household (MICS1-MICS3; in MICS4 this will be to any knowledgable adult) - Women, administered to all eligible women of the household - Under five year old children, administered to mothers of children. The structure of the questionnaires are modular, such that countries, for instance, without malaria can remove this module and not harm the structure or skip patterns in the overall questionnaire. In MICS3 a number of modules were considered core, whilst others were optional and additional. Every MICS children's module has included, for example, a survey on Vitamin A, while an optional survey included in MICS3 was on "child discipline". The MICS package includes not only questionnaires, but also data entry program (in CS Pro), standard tabulation syntax (in SPSS), workshop training programmes, in-country capacity building and technical assistance, as well as various online resources, such as a forum.
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  • The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are a survey program developed by the United Nations Children's Fund to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women. The first round of surveys (MICS1) was carried out in over 60 countries in 1995 in response to the World Summit for Children. A second round (MICS2) in 2000 increased the depth of the survey, allowing monitoring of multiple indicators.
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  • Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
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