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Birth registration

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3 Analysis and Report Writing Workshop Panama City, July 12-20, 2006. Birth registration. Indicators . Percentage of children under five years of age whose birth is registered Reasons for not registration of children under five years of age. Goals.

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Birth registration

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  1. Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3 Analysis and Report Writing Workshop Panama City, July 12-20, 2006 Birth registration

  2. Indicators • Percentage of children under five years of age whose birth is registered • Reasons for not registration of children under five years of age

  3. Goals • World Fit for Children (WFFC) • Protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence and under general protection to • Develop systems to ensure the registration of every child at or shortly after birth, and fulfill his or her right to acquire a name and a nationality, in accordance with national laws and relevant international instruments • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • The MD declaration calls for the protection of children against abuse, exploitation and violence but no goal, target or indicator is included

  4. Why to measure birth registration? • Reasons: • Identify the magnitude of the problem as well as its characteristics • Evaluate impact of programs and interventions based on trends

  5. Data sources/methods • Vital registration • Population census • Household surveys

  6. Which is the approach in MICS3? • Estimation of indicator based on household survey data • Present obtained results by background variables to localize the problem • Promote the design and implementation of further analysis of the main determinants of birth registration to help the design of policies and the development of programs and interventions

  7. Which countries included the birth registration module in MICS3? • 6 out of 7 • Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago • Cuba did not • Mongolia?

  8. Birth registration • Numerator: • Number of children aged 0-59 months whose births are reported registered • Denominator: • Total number of children aged 0-59 months surveyed

  9. SPSS Program • Generates basic table: CP.5 • Generates • the percentages of children 0-59 months of age who are registered • a percent distribution of the reasons for no registration

  10. Methodologicalissues • Reasons for not registration need to be adapted to the particular conditions of the country • In MICS2, many responses were just “OTHER”, which is of not use if not coded into a usable category (either existing or new) • Importance of the subject for disparities among disadvantaged groups • Additional analysis needed in countries with high levels of registration compared to values from vital registration data

  11. Thank you!

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