STATISTICAL MICRODATA
This archive provides information describing the content, methodology and implementation of census and survey conducted by the NSO of Mongolia, as well as descriptions of micro data files with the variable documentation.

Mongolia - MICS 2000

MICS
Reference ID MNG-NSO-EN-MICS2000-v1.0
Year 2000
Country Mongolia
Producer(s) National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s) UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Child ever reseived vitamin 'A' (va1)
File: Child
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 6184
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Universe
Children aged under 5
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Yes 2581 41.7%
2 No 3530 57.1%
7 Missing 8 0.1%
9 Don't know 65 1.1%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Has(name)ever received A vitamin A capsule(supplement)like this one?
Interviewer instructions
This question asks if the child has received a Vitamin A supplement.

Show the capsule or dispenser you were given to help the caretaker remember. You may
be instructed to show different capsules, 100,000 IU for children 6-11 months old and
200,000 IU for children 12-59 months old, asking the caretaker to identify the correct one.
Circle the code corresponding to the response. If the child has never received a vitamin A
supplement or the mother/caretaker does not know if he/she has ever received one, skip to
the next module.

National Statistical Office of Mongolia