THE MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEYS PROGRAM The Role of Household Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Agenda
A"laHanciogluUNICEF
SideEventatthe4thIAEG-SDGMee:ng|Geneva,17November2016
• SDGmonitoringwillneedtobebasedonadiversesetofdatasources
• Forcertainambi:onsofSDGmonitoring,householdsurveyshaveknownweaknesses,somereal,somenot…..
§ Cost§ Frequency§ Resolu:on§ Technology§ Real:me§ Outofhouseholdpopula:ons
SDGsandHouseholdSurveys
Householdsurveysproducedata,fortheintendedpopula:on,thatis/canbe:
• Robust• Representa:ve• Highquality• Disaggregatedfordiversesetofstra:fiers
forvarioustypesofindicators-factual,a=tudinal,behavioral
….whichmakesthemindispensableforthepurposesofSDGmonitoring,inallse=ngs
SDGsandHouseholdSurveys
Allatthesame:me
TheMICSProgram-Basics
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
Developed by UNICEF in the 1990s
To assist countries in filling data gaps on
children’s and women’s well-being for tracking progress toward World Summit for Children Goals, in
1995 and 2000
• Basedonjointdatagapsassessmentwiththegovernments,aspartofUNICEF-governmentcoopera:on
• UNICEFprovidesstandardtools,developedwithpartners,researchers
• Customizedatcountrylevelwithtechnicalsupport–in-country,off-site,regionalworkshops
• Allsurveyac:vi:escarriedoutbyNSOs
• Na:onallyneeded&relevant,globallycomparabledata
20%ofsurveysnowinuppermiddleincomeandhighincomecountries,manyinpost-conflictse"ngsNa:onalandsubna:onalsurveys
Surveyssince1995
MICS Since 1995 Round Year/Period Emphasis # of Surveys
MICS1 1995 WorldSummitforChildrenGoals 66
MICS2 2000 WorldSummitforChildrenGoals 66
MICS3 2005-09WorldFitForChildrenGoals,MDGs,OtherGlobalMonitoringFrameworks
53
MICS4 2009-13 MDGs,OtherGlobalMonitoringFrameworks 60
MICS5 2013-16
FinalMDGAssessment,APromiseRenewed,OtherGlobalMonitoringFrameworks,baselineforpost2015goals/targets
50
MICS6 2016-19SDGs,othergloballyrecommendedindicators,newtopics,emergingissues
30+
MICS during the MDG Era Data sources for most recent national data points (2015)
MICS Indicator List
Thestar:ngpointforeachroundofMICSisastandardlistofMICSindicatorsStandardques:onnairesaredesignedtogeneratedataontheseindicators
Methodologiestocollectandanalyzedataforthestandardindicatorsarebasedonworkbypartneragencies,interagencygroups,researchers…
HouseholdQues:onnaire
Ques:onnaireforIndividualWomen
(Age15-49)
Ques:onnaireforIndividualMen(Age15-49)
Ques:onnaireforChildren(Age
5-17)
Ques:onnaireforChildrenUnder
Five
Use of tablets during interviews
now standard
Public sharing of standardized micro data through the NSO and
MICS website
Questionnaires
WaterQualityQues:onnaire
Health, nutrition, child protection, HIV, water and sanitation, ECD indicators,
modules for adolescents
CoverageofSDGIndicators
230GlobalSDGindicators
around30 percent canbegeneratedbyhouseholdsurveys.
OutofallhouseholdsurveybasedSDGindicators
45 percent (32 indicators)
arecoveredbyMICSwithanexactmatchorpar:ally
SustainableDevelopmentGoals
SDGsandMICS
MICS6includesindicatorsunder11differentgoals
SDGsandMICS
?OngoingworktoassesstheinclusionofGoal11indicatorsinMICS
SDGIndicatorsinMICS1.2.2Mul:dimensionalpoverty1.3.1Socialprotec:oncoverage2.2.1StunAng2.2.2WasAng&overweight3.1.1Maternalmortality3.1.2SkilledbirthaFendant3.2.1Under-5mortality3.2.2Neonatalmortality3.7.1Metneed3.7.2Adolescentbirthrate
3.8.1Tracerinterven:ons3.8.2Healthinsurance3.a.1Currenttobaccouse4.1.1Reading/numeracy4.2.1ECD4.2.2Preschoolalendance4.4.1ICTskills4.5.1Parityindices5.3.1Childmarriage5.3.2FGM/C5.b.1Mobilephoneownership
SDGIndicatorsinMICS6.1.1Safelymanageddrinkingwater6.2.1SafelymanagedsanitaAon+handwashing7.1.1Accesstoelectricity7.1.2Cleanfuelsandtechnology8.7.1Childlabour10.3.1Discrimina:on16.1.4Feelingsafe16.2.1Childdiscipline16.3.1Crimerepor:ng
16.9.1BirthregistraAon17.8.1Internetuse
UNICEFisthecustodianorco-custodianoflessthanhalfoftheseindicators
Methodologicalworkonindicators• ..recentmethodological
workonindicatorsthatendedupasSDGindicators– ECD– Childdiscipline– Handwashing– Childlabour– FGM/C– Birthregistra:on– Mul:dimensionalpoverty
• …recentlycompletedorongoingworkonSDGindicatorsordisaggregates– Reading/numeracy-children
– Waterquality– ECD– Childdisability– InformeddecisionmakingonRH
AligningMICSwiththeSDGs
• Innova:onsinnewmeasurementtools– Reading-numeracytestsandwaterqualitytes:ngnowapartofMICS
– Newmodulesaddedonarangeoftopics• Effec:vedissemina:on
– Rapidrelease(within6months)ofallsurveyresultsisthenewtarget
– Thiswillbecomplementedwiththema:creports,thema:csurveyprofiles
• Disaggrega:on,leavingnoonebehind– Moredimensionsadded(migra:on,disability…)– Mul:dimensionaldisaggrega:on(e.g.urbanpoor)– Updatedsampleframesandunder-5ques:onnaireforchildrenorphansinanefforttoleavenoonebehind
AligningMICSwiththeSDGs
Datafor188indicatorswhichcanbedisaggregated,asappropriate,by:
• Regions,administra:veunits• Residence• Gender• Educa:on• Age• Wealth• Ethnicity/religion/language• Migra:onstatus• Disabilitystatus• others
• andforcombina:onsoftheabove
• Capacitybuilding– Regionalworkshops– E-toolsonsurveymethodology,reachingouttonon-MICShouseholdsurveyaudiences
• Openaccess,transparency– MICSTabulator– Recentworkwithcountriesforpublicsharingofdatahasledtoincreasesindataavailability
• Triangula:on– CombiningMICSdatawith
• Healthfacilitydata• Geospa:aldata• Pollingdata
AligningMICSwiththeSDGs
• Partnerships– DHS-MICS-LSMSCollabora:veGroup– ISWGHS– Jointsupporttosurveys(SierraLeone/LSMS,Lao/DHS)
– HealthDataCollabora:ve– Engagementwithsurveyprogramsinhighincomecountries(e.g.SILC)
AligningMICSwiththeSDGs
Alterna:ngMICSandDHSHarmoniza:onofDHSandMICSagreatmodeltolearnfromInagrowingnumberofcountries,MICSandDHShavebeenalterna:ngwith2-3yearintervalsComparabletrenddata,frequentavailabilityofnewinforma:onExamplesincludeSwaziland,Zimbabwe,DRC,Ghana,Cameroun,Chad,Gambiaandothers
Thankyouforyouralen:on!
