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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Place child got last vitamin 'A' dose (va3)
File: Child
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 2581
Invalid: 3603
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Universe
Children aged under 5
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 On routime visit to health center 1465 56.8%
2 Sick child visit to health center 84 3.3%
3 National immunizaition day campain 377 14.6%
4 Other 628 24.3%
7 Missing 4 0.2%
9 Don't know 23 0.9%
Sysmiss 3603
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
Where did(name)get this last dose?
Interviewer instructions
This question is meant to provide information for health programmes about where children
are most likely to get their vitamin A dose.

Circle the code corresponding to the answer given. If the dose was obtained during a
routine visit to a health facility, circle '1'. If the child was taken to a health facility because
she/he was sick, and the supplement was obtained during this visit, circle '2'. If Vitamin A
supplement was given during a National Immunization Campaign, circle '3'. If the supplement was obtained from a source not
listed, write the description next to 'Other' and circle '4'.

National Statistical Office of Mongolia