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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2005

Mongolia, 2005
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    Survey ID number

    MNG_2005_MICS_v01_M

    Title

    Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2005

    Country
    Name Country code
    Mongolia MNG
    Study type

    Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey - Round 3 [hh/mics-3]

    Series Information

    The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Round 3 (MICS - 3) is the third round of MICS surveys, previously conducted around 1995 (MICS - 1) and 2000 (MICS - 2). Many questions and indicators are consistent and compatible with the prior round of MICS (MICS - 2) but less so with MICS - 1, although there have been a number of changes in definition of indicators between rounds. Details can be found by reviewing the indicator definitions.

    Abstract

    The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a household survey programme developed by UNICEF to assist countries in filling data gaps for monitoring human development in general and the situation of children and women in particular. MICS is capable of producing statistically sound, internationally comparable estimates of social indicators. The current round of MICS is focused on providing a monitoring tool for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Fit for Children (WFFC), as well as for other major international commitments, such as the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS and the Abuja targets for malaria. The survey has been a joint endeavor of the Government of Mongolia and UNICEF to make an in-depth analysis of Mongolia's child and women health, education, livelihood status and right exercises and to assess the progress of implementation of a National Programme for Child Development and Protection (2002-2010). The data will furnish the preparation process of the national reporting to be presented by the Government of Mongolia at the special session of UN regarding the country's implementation of Declaration of the A World Fit for Children.

    Survey Objectives
    The primary objectives of “Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: Child Development 2005-2006” are the following:

    • To update the data for assessing the situation of child and women and their right exercises
    • To furnish the data needed for monitoring progress towards the goals of Millennium Declaration and the WorldFit for Children as a basis for future action planning
    • To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Mongolia and strengthen the expertise in the design, implementation and analytical of these systems.

    Survey plans
    The Mongolia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was conducted by the National Statistical Office of Mongolia with the support of the Government of Mongolia and UNICEF. Technical assistance and training for the surveys was provided through a series of regional workshops, covering questionnaire content, sampling and survey implementation; data processing; data quality and data analysis; report writing and dissemination.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households (defined as a group of persons who usually live and eat together)

    Household members (defined as members of the household who usually live in the household, which may include people who did not sleep in the household the previous night, but does not include visitors who slept in the household the previous night but do not usually live in the household)

    Women aged 15-49

    Children aged 0-4

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.1: Edited data used for national report in English

    Version Date

    2006-08-06

    Scope

    Notes

    The Mongolia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey included the following modules in the questionnaires:

    • Household questionnaire: Household characteristics, Education, Water and sanitation, Child labour, Child discipline, Child disability, Household income and Salt Iodization.
    • Women's questionnaire: Child mortality, Maternal and Infant Health, Marriage, Contraception, Attitudes towards family violence and HIV/AIDS knowledge
    • Children's questionnaire: Birth registration and pre-schooling, Child development, Vitamin A, Breastfeeding, Care of illness, Immunization and Anthropometry
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Household's characteristics MICS Topics
    Household members MICS Topics
    Education MICS Topics
    Water and sanitation MICS Topics
    Child labour MICS Topics
    Child discipline MICS Topics
    Child disability MICS Topics
    Household income MICS Topics
    Salt iodization MICS Topics
    Women's characteristics MICS Topics
    Women listing MICS Topics
    Child mortality MICS Topics
    Maternal and infant health MICS Topics
    Marriage MICS Topics
    Contraception MICS Topics
    Attitudes towards family violence MICS Topics
    HIV/AIDS knowledge MICS Topics
    Children's characteristics MICS Topics
    Child listing MICS Topics
    Birth registration and pre-schooling MICS Topics
    Child development MICS Topics
    Vitamin A MICS Topics
    Breastfeeding MICS Topics
    Care of illness MICS Topics
    Immunization MICS Topics
    Anthropometry MICS Topics
    Houshehold Income Non MICS Topic

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey is nationally representative and covers the whole of Mongolia.

    Universe

    The survey covered all household members (usual residents), all women aged 15-49 years resident in the household, and all children aged 0-4 years (under age 5) resident in the household.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    National Statistical Office
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    UNICEF, Mongolia UNICEF Technical assistance
    UNICEF Regional MICS coordinator UNICEF International technical assistance
    UNICEF Regional M&E officer UNICEF International technical assistance
    Strategic Information Section, Division of Policy and Planning, UNICEF NYHQ UNICEF International technical assistance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    United Nations Children's Fund Funding of survey implementation
    Ministry of Finance of Mongolia Funding of survey implementation

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The principal objective of the sample design was to provide current and reliable estimates on a set of indicators covering the four major areas of the World Fit for Children declaration, including promoting healthy lives; providing quality education; protecting against abuse, exploitation and violence; and combating HIV/AIDS. The population covered by the MICS - 3 is defined as the universe of all women aged 15-49 and all children aged under 5. A sample of households was selected and all women aged 15-49 identified as usual residents of these households were interviewed. In addition, the mother or the caretaker of all children aged under 5 who were usual residents of the household were also interviewed about the child.

    The MICS - 3 collected data from a nationally representative sample of households, women and children. The primary focus of the MICS - 3 was to provide estimates of key population and health, education, child protection and HIV related indicators for Mongolia as a whole and for urban and rural areas separately. In addition, the sample was designed to provide estimates for each of the 5 regions for key indicators. Mongolia is divided into 5 regions. Each region is subdivided into provinces (aimags) and a capital city, and each province into soums, a capital city into districts, each soum into bags and each districts into khoroos. As bag and khoroo household and population listing is annually updated, these were taken as primary sampling units. Bags and khoroos with a large population were divided into 2-3 primary sampling units in order to keep the similar number of households for sampling units. Bag and khoroos (primary sampling unit) were selected with probability proportional to size and 25 households within each of these selected units were sampled using the systematic method. The primary sampling unit variable is the cluster (HH1).

    The survey estimates the indicators on the child and women situation by national level, rural, urban areas and regions. Five regions (Western, Khangai, Central, Eastern and Ulaanbaatar) were the main sampling domains and a two stage sampling design was used. Within each region households were selected with probability proportional to size.

    A total of 6325 households in 253 primary sampling units were selected to represent 21 aimags and Ulaanbaatar city. Sample weights were used for estimating the data collected from each of the sampled households.

    No replacement of households was permitted in case of non-response or non-contactable households. Adjustments were made to the sampling weights to correct for non-response, according to MICS standard procedures.

    Deviations from the Sample Design

    No major deviations from the original sample design were made. All primary sampling units were accessed and successfully interviewed with good response rates.

    Response Rate

    6325 households were selected for the sample. Of these, 6325 were occupied households and 6220 were successfully interviewed for a response rate of 98.3%. Within these households, 8057 eligible women aged 15-49 were identified for interview, of which 7459 were successfully interviewed (response rate 92.6%), and 3568 children aged 0-4 were identified for whom the mother or caretaker was successfully interviewed for 3547 children (response rate 99.4%). These give overall response rates (household response rate times individual response rate) for the women's interview of 91.0% and for the children's interview of 97.8%.

    Weighting

    Sample weights were calculated for each of the datafiles.

    Sample weights for the household data were computed as the inverse of the probability of selection of the household, computed at the sampling domain level (urban/rural within each region). The household weights were adjusted for non-response at the domain level, and were then normalized by a constant factor so that the total weighted number of households equals the total unweighted number of households. The household weight variable is called HHWEIGHT and is used with the HH data and the HL data.

    Sample weights for the women's data used the un-normalized household weights, adjusted for non-response for the women's questionnaire, and were then normalized by a constant factor so that the total weighted number of women's cases equals the total unweighted number of women's cases.

    Sample weights for the children's data followed the same approach as the women's and used the un-normalized household weights, adjusted for non-response for the children's questionnaire, and were then normalized by a constant factor so that the total weighted number of children's cases equals the total unweighted number of children's cases.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaires for the MICS were structured questionnaires based on the MICS - 3 Model Questionnaire with some modifications and additions. A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age, relationship, and orphanhood status. The household questionnaire includes household's characteristics, household listing, education, water and sanitation, child labour, child discipline, child disability, and salt iodization.

    To reflect the country specific characteristics, module “Salt Iodization” of household questionnaire was enlarged by the question about the vitamin enriched flour and module “child discipline” was added with sub-module child behaviour. These additions were made based on the decisions made by work group members and Steering Committee.

    In the meantime, the salt used for household cooking was on site tested to measure the iodine content.

    Household questionnaire was administered to an adult household member who can best represent other members, women questionnaire to women themselves and under-five questionnaire to mothers or caretakers of children under 5 years. Child weights and heights were measured during the interviews.

    The women's questionnaire includes women's characteristics, women listing, child mortality, maternal and infant health, marriage, contraception, attitudes towards family violence, and HIV/AIDS knowledge.

    The children's questionnaire includes children's characteristics, child listing, birth registration and pre-schooling, child development , “A” vitamin supplement, breastfeeding, care of illness, immunization, and anthropometry.

    The questionnaires were developed in Mongolian from the MICS3 Model Questionnaires, and were translated into English.

    In order to check the clarity and logical sequence of questions and determine the interview duration per household, the pretest of questionnaires was made in September 2005 covering the selected households in Erdene soum of Tuv aimag. Based on the findings of the pretest, wording and logical sequence of the questions were improved.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2005-11 2005-12
    Data Collectors
    Name
    National Statistical Office
    Supervision

    Interviewing was conducted by teams of interviewers. Each interviewing team comprised of 3-4 female interviewers, a field editor and a supervisor, and a driver. Each teams used a 4 wheel dirve vehicle to travel from cluster to cluster (and where necessary within cluster).

    The role of the supervisor was to coordinator field data collection activities, including management of the field teams, supplies and equipment, finances, maps and listings, coordinate with local authorities concerning the survey plan and make arrangements for accomodation and travel. Additionally, the field supervisor assigned the work to the interviewers, spot checked work, maintained field control documents, and sent completed questionnaires and progress reports to the central office.

    The field editor was responsible for reviewing each questionnaire at the end of the day, checking for missed questions, skip errors, fields incorrectly completed, and checking for inconsistencies in the data. The field editor also observed interviews and conducted review sessions with interviewers.

    Responsibilities of the supervisors and field editors are described in the Instructions for Supervisors and Field Editors, together with the different field controls that were in place to control the quality of the fieldwork.

    Field visits were also made by a team of central staffs on a periodic basis during fieldwork. The senior staff of the NSO also made 3 visits to field teams to provide support and to review progress.

    Data Collection Notes

    10 days training for field work was conducted at NSO in October and November, 2005. Training included lectures on interviewing techniques on a chapter to chapter basis at the end of which trainees were put to practice the interviewing techniques. The trainees who scored the highest in the exam were selected as enumerators.

    Each team comprised of a supervisor, an editor and 5 enumerators. A total of 11 teams worked in the field.

    Data was collected in November and December, 2005 and the monitoring over the data collection procedure was made by the staffs of NSO, UNICEF and members of Steering Committee. The monitoring team assessed the data collection procedure and gave instructions of correction and ensured they were fulfilled in case of mistakes found.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data were processed in clusters, with each cluster being processed as a complete unit through each stage of data processing. Each cluster goes through the following steps:

    1. Questionnaire reception
    2. Office editing and coding
    3. Data entry
    4. Structure and completeness checking
    5. Verification entry
    6. Comparison of verification data
    7. Back up of raw data
    8. Secondary editing
    9. Edited data back up
      After all clusters are processed, all data is concatenated together and then the following steps are completed for all data files:
    10. Export to SPSS in 4 files (hh - household, hl - household members, wm - women, ch - children under 5)
    11. Recoding of variables needed for analysis
    12. Adding of sample weights
    13. Calculation of wealth quintiles and merging into data
    14. Structural checking of SPSS files
    15. Data quality tabulations
    16. Production of analysis tabulations

    Details of each of these steps can be found in the data processing documentation, data editing guidelines, data processing programs in CSPro and SPSS, and tabulation guidelines in the MICS manual http://www.childinfo.org/mics/mics3/manual.php

    Data entry was conducted by 8 data entry operators in tow shifts, supervised by 1 data entry supervisors, using a total of 9 computers (8 data entry computers plus one supervisor's computer). All data entry was conducted at the NSO using manual data entry. For data entry, CSPro version 2.6.007 was used with a highly structured data entry program, using system controlled approach that controlled entry of each variable. All range checks and skips were controlled by the program and operators could not override these. A limited set of consistency checks were also included in the data entry program. In addition, the calculation of anthropometric Z-scores was also included in the data entry programs for use during analysis. Open-ended responses ("Other" answers) were not entered or coded, except in rare circumstances where the response matched an existing code in the questionnaire.

    Structure and completeness checking ensured that all questionnaires for the cluster had been entered, were structurally sound, and that women's and children's questionnaires existed for each eligible woman and child.

    100% verification of all variables was performed using independent verification, i.e. double entry of data, with separate comparison of data followed by modification of one or both datasets to correct keying errors by original operators who first keyed the files.

    After completion of all processing in CSPro, all individual cluster files were backed up before concatenating data together using the CSPro file concatenate utility.

    Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
    a) Office editing and coding
    b) During data entry
    c) Structure checking and completeness
    d) Secondary editing
    e) Structural checking of SPSS data files

    Detailed documentation of the editing of data can be found in the data processing guidelines in the MICS manual http://www.childinfo.org/mics/mics3/manual.php.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Estimates from a sample survey are affected by two types of errors: 1) non-sampling errors and 2) sampling errors. Non-sampling errors are the results of mistakes made in the implementation of data collection and data processing. Numerous efforts were made during implementation of the MICS - 3 to minimize this type of error, however, non-sampling errors are impossible to avoid and difficult to evaluate statistically.

    Sampling errors can be evaluated statistically. The sample of respondents to the MICS - 3 is only one of many possible samples that could have been selected from the same population, using the same design and expected size. Each of these samples would yield results that different somewhat from the results of the actual sample selected. Sampling errors are a measure of the variability in the results of the survey between all possible samples, and, although, the degree of variability is not known exactly, it can be estimated from the survey results. The sampling errors are measured in terms of the standard error for a particular statistic (mean or percentage), which is the square root of the variance. Confidence intervals are calculated for each statistic within which the true value for the population can be assumed to fall. Plus or minus two standard errors of the statistic is used for key statistics presented in MICS, equivalent to a 95 percent confidence interval.

    If the sample of respondents had been a simple random sample, it would have been possible to use straightforward formulae for calculating sampling errors. However, the MICS - 3 sample is the result of a two-stage stratified design, and consequently needs to use more complex formulae. The SPSS complex samples module has been used to calculate sampling errors for the MICS - 3. This module uses the Taylor linearization method of variance estimation for survey estimates that are means or proportions. This method is documented in the SPSS file CSDescriptives.pdf found under the Help, Algorithms options in SPSS.

    Sampling errors have been calculated for a select set of statistics (all of which are proportions due to the limitations of the Taylor linearization method) for the national sample, urban and rural areas, and for each of the five regions. For each statistic, the estimate, its standard error, the coefficient of variation (or relative error -- the ratio between the standard error and the estimate), the design effect, and the square root design effect (DEFT -- the ratio between the standard error using the given sample design and the standard error that would result if a simple random sample had been used), as well as the 95 percent confidence intervals (+/-2 standard errors).

    Details of the sampling errors are presented in the sampling errors appendix to the report and in the sampling errors table.

    Data Appraisal

    A series of data quality tables and graphs are available to review the quality of the data and include the following:

    Age distribution of the household population
    Age distribution of eligible women and interviewed women
    Age distribution of eligible children and children for whom the mother or caretaker was interviewed
    Age distribution of children under age 5 by 3 month groups
    Age and period ratios at boundaries of eligibility
    Percent of observations with missing information on selected variables
    Presence of mother in the household and person interviewed for the under 5 questionnaire
    School attendance by single year age
    Sex ratio at birth among children ever born, surviving and dead by age of respondent
    Distribution of women by time since last birth
    Population pyramid

    The results of each of these data quality tables are shown in the appendix of the final report.

    The general rule for presentation of missing data in the final report tabulations is that a column is presented for missing data if the percentage of cases with missing data is 1% or more. Cases with missing data on the background characteristics (e.g. education) are included in the tables, but the missing data rows are suppressed and noted at the bottom of the tables in the report (not in the SPSS output, however).

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Users of the data agree to keep confidential all data contained in these datasets and to make no attempt to identify, trace or contact any individual whose data is included in these datasets.
    Access conditions

    Survey datasets are distributed at no cost for legitimate research, with the condition that we receive an abstract or a detailed description of any research project that will be using the data prior to authorizing their distribution. Copies of all reports and publications based on the requested data must be sent to the National Statistical Office of Mongolia : nso@magicnet.mn and UNICEF: ulaanbaatar@unicef.org.

    Requests for access to the datasets may be made through the website www.childinfo.org and www.nso.mn.

    Citation requirements

    The following statement must be used as citation: "Source of data: National Statistics Office of Mongolia, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: Child Development 2005-2006, Version 1.1 of the dataset (August 2006), provided by UNICEF"

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The National Statistical Office of Mongolia and UNICEF provide these data to external users without any warranty or responsibility implied. The National Statistical Office of Mongolia and UNICEF accept no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any actions resulting from the use of these data.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    National Statistical Office info@nso.mn http://www.nso.mn
    UNICEF Office for Mongolia ulaanbaatar@unicef.org http://www.unicef.org/mongolia/
    General Inquiries UNICEF childinfo@unicef.org http://www.childinfo.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_MNG_2005_MICS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Z.Munkhzul National Statistical Office of Mongolia Data producer and customization of the metadata
    Daniel Clarke ESCAP, Microdata Management Project Review and editing
    Rhiannon James UNICEF Customisation of Mongolia MICS DDI for childinfo.org
    Date of Metadata Production

    2008-02-08

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (October 2011) - Slightly edited version of UNICEF's DDI ref. DDI-MNG-UNICEF-MICS2005 v0.1

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