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Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MICS3 Regional Training Workshop

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MICS3 Regional Training Workshop. Household Characteristics. Content. Cultural features (HC1A-HC1C) Crowding (HC2) Dwelling material (HC3, HC4, HC5) Fuel used for cooking (HC6) Cooking arrangements (HC7, HC7A, HC8) Assets (HC9, HC10). Purpose.

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Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MICS3 Regional Training Workshop

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  1. Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysMICS3Regional Training Workshop Household Characteristics

  2. Content • Cultural features (HC1A-HC1C) • Crowding (HC2) • Dwelling material (HC3, HC4, HC5) • Fuel used for cooking (HC6) • Cooking arrangements (HC7, HC7A, HC8) • Assets (HC9, HC10)

  3. Purpose • To disaggregate indicators by socioeconomic status • MDG indicator on solid fuels: Proportion of population using solid fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, dung) for cooking (Goal 7, Indicator 29) • Cooking arrangements and fuels used for cooking – to assess programs aiming to prevent respiratory illnesses • Also, a major source of some lung diseases, e.g. COLD

  4. Purpose • Assets owned by household, dwelling material, crowding can be used to construct the wealth index and other indices of wealth/socioeconomic status • Some variables also used to determine whether household is a slum

  5. Methodological Issues • Countries will have to customize most of the questions/response categories • HC1A-HC1C asked of the head, to standardize information collected • HC3-HC5 will be normally completed by interviewer • The assets constitute a minimum set for constructing the “wealth index”

  6. Wealth index • Information on possession of household assets, dwelling materials, water and sanitation, crowding are used in principal components analysis and households are categorized into quintiles of wealth • Popular indicator used by DHS, WB etc to analyze disparities with regard to wealth/poverty

  7. Wealth index • Not flawless but few alternatives, most inappropriate to MICS and similar household surveys

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