THE MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEYS PROGRAM The Role of Household Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Agenda

A"laHanciogluUNICEF

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•  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!