Mongolia - MICS 2000

Version 2.0: edited data used for national report in English

2000-09-15

The "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS): Child Development 2000" 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 such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) indicators. It is a flexible tool that is reasonably inexpensive and relatively quick to implement.

Purpose

The survey has been a joint endeavour of the Government of Mongolia and UNICEF to make 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 (2000-2010). 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.

The primary objectives of "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: Child Development 2000 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 Millenium Declaration and 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.

Content

MICS - 2 questionnaires are designed in a modular fashion that can be easily customized to the needs of Mongolia. They consist of a household questionnaire, a questionnaire for women aged 15-49 and a questionnaire for children under the age of five (to be administered to the mother or caretaker).

HOUSEHOLD: Household's characteristics,household roster, education, child labour, maternal mortality, child disability ,water and sanitation and salt iodization

WOMEN: Women's characteristics, women listing, child mortality, maternal and infant health, tetanus toxoid,contraception ,deficiency "D" vitamin and HIV/AIDS knowledge

CHILDREN: Children's characteristics, child listing, birth registration and pre-schooling, child development , "A" vitamin supplement, breastfeeding, care of illness,Hepatite "B", immunization and anthropometry.

Survey plans

Mongolia's "Multiple Indicatore Cluster Survey: Child Development 2000 is 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 is 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.

Survey results

National report presents the results of the indicators and topics covered in the survey.

Sample survey data [ssd]

- 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