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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1996

Serbia and Montenegro, 1996
Reference ID
SCG_1996_MICS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Institute of Public Health of Serbia, Institute of Public Health of Montenegro
Metadata
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Oct 26, 2011
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    Survey ID number

    SCG_1996_MICS_v01_M

    Title

    Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1996

    Country
    Name Country code
    Serbia and Montenegro SCG
    Study type

    Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey - Round 1 [hh/mics-1]

    Abstract

    Goals aimed at preserving and promoting the health of this extremely vulnerable population subgroup were formulated at the World Summit for Children in 1990. This survey was conducted in order to determine the progress achieved toward these goals in the FR Yugoslavia, and it was limited to children under five years of age, their mothers (carers) and the households in which they live. Specific goals of the survey included determining:

    • the water and sanitation situation
    • what mothers' (carers) know and do about the most common diseases in children - acute respiratory infections and diarrhea
    • the existing breastfeeding practices
    • the coverage of children by BCG, DTP, polio and measles vaccinations
    • the nutritional status of the children in this age group
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of Serbia and Montenegro 1996 MICS includes:

    • Household - basic data on households (the number of members, type of flooring, number of rooms) and lists of mothers (child carers) and children under five years of age living in the household and their main characteristics - sex and age.
    • Water and sanitation
    • Care of children with acute respiratory infections
    • Diarrhoea - use of oral rehydration salts (ORT)
    • Breastfeeding
    • Immunisation - coverage by BCG, DTP, polio and measles vaccinations
    • Anthropometry - weight and height/length, the presence of a BCG scar.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Former Yugoslavia, FR

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute of Public Health of Serbia
    Institute of Public Health of Montenegro
    Producers
    Name
    United Nations Children's Fund
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    United Nations Children's Fund

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A two-stage stratified cluster sample was used in the survey. The first-stage units were local communities in urban settlements, and settlements themselves in rural areas. Within these, household clusters were selected for interviewing. This produced accurate assessments of the indicators observed for the FR Yugoslavia as a whole, the republics of Montenegro and Serbia, the provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo-Metohija, central Serbia and the Belgrade area. Differences between urban and rural settlements were also obtained for each of these levels of evaluation.

    More detailed sampling procedure is available in Section "The Content, Methodology and Sample" of the report.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The survey covers households, mothers (carers) of children under five years of age and children under five years of age. The survey itself consists of seven parts - modules:

    1. The Household Module. In this module, the interviewers collected basic data on households (the number of members, type of flooring, number of rooms and lists of mothers (child carers) and children under five years of age living in the household and their main characteristics - sex and age.
    2. Module 1: Water and sanitation. Methods for providing population with drinking water and disposing of waste matter (liquid and solid) were surveyed.
    3. Module 2: Care of children with acute respiratory infections. The care of children with acute respiratory infections was surveyed, as well as mothers' practices with regard to ARI.
    4. Module 3: Diarrhoea. The extent to which oral rehydration salts (ORT) are used was surveyed, as well as the incidence of diarrhoea and mothers' knowledge about diarrhoea.
    5. Module 4: Breastfeeding. The existing patterns of breastfeeding were surveyed.
    6. Module 5: Immunisation. The coverage of children by BCG, DTP, polio and measles vaccinations was surveyed.
    7. Module 6: Anthropometry. Weight and height/length in children under five years of age was measured; children were also examined for the presence of a BCG scar.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1996-10-15 1996-10-31
    Data Collection Notes

    The methodological basis of the survey was established in accordance with recommendations from UNICEF's practical manual for multiple-indicator surveys, although certain modifications in this methodology were made because of the specific nature of the situation in the FRY.

    The survey was conducted between October 15 and 31, 1996. It covered a total of 10,604 households, 2,437 mothers (carers) and 3,226 children under five years of age.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    A special program was designed for entering the data with the necessary checks for each question, answer-question links and the coverage of particular clusters. In particular, the hierarchical links between the household-mother-child entities were controlled. The program involved auto-coding for the characteristics that had to be coded. Ten well-trained operators were entering the data. They were first trained and made familiar with the goal and content of the survey, the structure of the questionnaires, the links between certain entities and the logic control rules.

    After the data were entered, several control tables were made according to entities to spot regularly occurring errors at the aggregate level that might have occurred either while the questionnaires were being filled in or during data entering. Special attention was paid to measuring weight and height relative to the age of the children. Afler all the errors were corrected, the data were arranged in tables.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    General Inquiries UNICEF childinfo@unicef.org http://www.childinfo.org/
    MICS Programme Manager UNICEF mics@unicef.org http://www.childinfo.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_SCG_1996_MICS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2011-10-26

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (October 2011)

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