Survey ID Number
UKR_2012_MICS_v01_M
Title
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 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, Child Labour, Child Discipline, 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, Pregnancy History, Desire for Last Birth, Maternal and Newborn Health, Post-Natal Health Checks, Illness Symptoms, Contraception, Marriage / Union, Unmet Need for Contraception, Attitudes toward Domestic Violence, Sexual Behaviour, HIV/AIDS, Tobacco and Alcohol Use, Life Satisfaction.
The children's questionnaire includes Child's Age, Birth Registration, Early Childhood Development, Breastfeeding, Care of Illness, Immunization.
The men's questionnaire includes Man's Background, Access to Mass Media and Use of Information/Communication Technology, Child Mortality, Contraception, Attitudes toward Domestic Violence, Marriage / Union, Fertility Preferences, Sexual Behaviour, HIV/AIDS, Life Satisfaction.
The questionnaires were developed in English from the MICS4 Model Questionnaires, and were translated into Ukrainian and Russian languages. Similarly, instructions for interviewers and guidelines for completing and editing questionnaires were translated into Ukrainian.
Upon recommendations of the United States Agency for International Development and taking into account the need to collect additional information on household living conditions and on the situation of children, women and men in Ukraine, standard questionnaires were supplemented with modules and individual questions from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) mostly related to reproductive health and sexual behaviour. A 13-day pre-test training for supervisors on August 1–13, 2012 was combined with the pre-test exercise. The questionnaires were pretested in August 2012 in the city of Kyiv and in several rural communities of Kyiv oblast. Based on the results of pretest, modifications were made to the wording of some questions, and to questionnaire format.
In addition to administration of questionnaires, field teams tested the salt used for cooking in the households for iodine content; and visited child health facilities to obtain information about immunization of children under five, if the immunization card was not available in the household.