DDI_LAO_1996_MICS_v01_M_WB Development Data Group 2011-09-01 NADA Version 01 (September 2011) Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1996 MICS 1996 LAO_1996_MICS_v01_M National Statistical Centre Ministry of Health Ministry of Education NADA United Nations Children's Fund General Inquiries MICS Programme Manager Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey - Round 1 [hh/mics-1] The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, known as MICS, has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide since 1995. In countries as diverse as Costa Rica, Mali and Qatar, trained fieldwork teams conduct face-to-face interviews with household members on a variety of topics - focusing mainly on those issues that directly affect the lives of children and women. MICS was originally developed to support countries measure progress towards an internationally agreed set of goals that emerged from the 1990 World Summit for Children. The Lao PDR Multiple indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a household survey programme conducted in 1996 by the Lao National Statistical Centre (NSC) in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education. Technical and financial support was provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The survey provides valuable information on the situation of mother and children. The Government of the Lao PDR acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 19 May 1991, and signed the Summit Declaration and Plan of Action on 4 July 1991. The Mid-Decade Goals (MDGs) were established for 1995 as a mid-point towards achieving the Summit Goals for Children in the year 2000. The March 1996 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in the Lao PDR (MICS) was undertaken to measure Lao PDR progress in achieving the MDGs. At the national level, a total of 108 districts, 160 villages and 3,970 households were selected, in which 20% was urban areas and 80% was rural areas. Data collection was carried out during 1-15 March 1996. A two-stage cluster sampling approach was used for the selection of the survey sample. Lao PDR National - Individuals - Households Sample survey data [ssd] The scope of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey includes: Household, Water and Sanitation, Salt iodization, Education, Mother (Tetanus Toxoid (TT)), Children under 5 years, Acute Respiratory Illness, Diarrhoea, Vitamin A supplementation, Breast feeding, Children 12- 23 months, Immunization, Alternative immunization, Mortality. National Statistical Centre Ministry of Health Ministry of Education The 1996 Lao MICS sample design was presented at the Workshop held in Manila in May 1995 by Mr. Anthony G. Turner, Sampling Specialist, UN Statistics Division. The Modified Cluster Sampling Technique for Goal Monitoring Survey was used. The design was a two stage cluster sample. A 1994 population listing of the villages for the 1995 Population Census and the current lists of households kept by village heads were used as the sample frame. The sample covered all 17 provinces and 1 special region. The first stage was selected by using a Probability Proportional to Estimated Size (PPES). This entailed compiling a list of the area units with the latest estimates of their population sizes (based on the 1995 Population Census), which were assumed to be directly proportionate to the current number of children in the target group. Within each province, administrative districts were arranged geographically. 108 districts and 160 villages were included in the sample. The clusters identified from the PPES selection procedure were then visited by interviewers who carried out the second stage of selection. Within each sample village, the fixed number of 25 households was selected. All the households in the village were listed on the household listing form, and the first house was chosen by random selection. Then the other 24 households were chosen by using the Standard Systematic Sampling (SSS) technique by intervals. The sample size for the 1996 Lao MICS was 4,000 households. Face-to-face [f2f] After many consultations between the members of the Inter-ministerial Working Group and UNICEF, it was decided that the Lao MICS would include the following questionnaire modules from the MICS handbook: (1) Household module (2) Water and Sanitation module (3) Salt iodization module (4) Education module (5) Mother (Tetanus Toxoid (TT)) module (6) Module for children under 5 years - Acute Respiratory Illness module - Diarrhoea module - Vitamin A supplementation module - Breast feeding module (7) Module for children 12- 23 months - Immunization module (8) Alternative immunization module (9) Mortality module The mother and child listing form, the table included in the household module, was the main checklist for the rest of the modules. Using this table, enumerators divided household members into four target groups: children under 5 years old, children aged 5 to 15, mothers, and caretakers. In this way, no respondents from any of these four target groups were overlooked by enumerators. The MICS questionnaire was tested during the training for supervisors and trainers on 6 to 10 February 1996 in Vientiane Municipality. The training for interviewers was conducted in 6 centres throughout the country: - Centre 1: Phongsaly, Oudomxay, Luangnamtha, and Bokeo provinces. - Centre 2: Luangprabang and Xayabury provinces. - Centre 3: Houaphan and Xiengkhouang provinces. - Centre 4: Vientiane and Bolikhamxay provinces and Xaysomboon special reg1on. - Centre 5: Savannakhet and Khammouan provinces. - Centre 6: Saravane, Sekong, Champasack, and Attapeu provinces. The fieldwork ofMICS was carried out March 1-15, 1996. Supervisors and interviewers were officials from three agencies involved in the project, namely, the NSC, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. Officials with at least a bachelor's degree and extensive fieldwork experience were selected as supervisors. Interviewers had a minimum of a high level of general education and some interviewing experience. A total of 15 supervisors and 92 interviewers were involved in MICS fieldwork. Data cleaning was performed mainly by 18 supervisors heading up the statistics unit in each province before sending recorded forms back to the central level. In addition, there were 15 national level supervisors who checked and cleaned the forms before sending them to the data entry unit. Data entry was completed within one month. Four computers were used by the staff of the National Statistical Centre. The overall response rates of household interviews in the MICS were high, 99.25 percent nationwide. Of the total of 4000 households selected for the survey, 3,970 households were successfully interviewed. There were variations in the response rate in each province. The household response rate ranged from 100 percent in most provinces of the North and the South to about 91.4 percent in Oudomxay. The main reason for the low response rate in some provinces was the inability of interviewers to find the expected number of households within the selected villages. Some villages had fewer than 25 households. UNICEF UNICEF http://mics.unicef.org/surveys Cost: None United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include: - the Identification of the Primary Investigator - the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation) - the survey reference number - the source and date of download of the data files (for datasets obtained on-line) Example, United Nations Children's Fund, Lao National Statistical Centre, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education. Lao PDR Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 1996, Ref. LAO_1996_MICS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date]. 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