Survey ID Number
LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M
Title
Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012
Questionnaires
The questionnaires for the Generic MICS were structured questionnaires based on the MICS4 model questionnaire with some modifications and additions. Household questionnaires were administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age and relationship. The household questionnaire includes household listing form, education, water and sanitation, household characteristics, insecticide-treated nets, child discipline and salt iodization.
In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered in each household for women age 15-49, children under age five and men age 15-49. For children, the questionnaire was administered to the mother or primary caretaker of the child.
The women's questionnaire includes woman's background, access to mass media and use of information/communication technology, child mortality with birth history, desire for last birth, maternal and newborn health, post-natal health checks, illness symptoms, contraception, unmet need, attitudes towards domestic violence, marriage/union, sexual behavior, HIV/AIDS, and maternal mortality.
The children's questionnaire includes child's age, birth registration, early childhood development, breastfeeding, care of illness, malaria, immunization and anthropometry.
The men's questionnaire includes man's background, access to mass media and use of information/communication technology, contraception, attitudes toward domestic violence, marriage and sexual activity, and HIV/AIDS.
The LSIS questionnaires are based on the UNICEF MICS4 model questionnaires with components added from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), for example, the components the full birth history and the maternal mortality module and interviewing a subsample of men. The original questionnaires were designed in English, then translated into the Lao language and were pre-tested in three villages in Luangprabang in January 2011. Based on the results of the pre-test, modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires.
In addition to the administration of questionnaires, fieldwork teams tested the salt used for cooking in the households for inclusion of iodine, and measured the weight and height of children age under 5 years.