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Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop. Overview of MICS Tools, Templates, Resources, Technical Assistance. Overview. Tools that constitute the survey “package” provided Based on standard recommendations and guidelines
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MICS Survey Design Workshop Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop Overview of MICS Tools, Templates, Resources, Technical Assistance
Overview • Tools that constitute the survey “package” provided • Based on standard recommendations and guidelines • For customization, while maintaining comparability and underlying principles
Indicator List and Questionnaires • At the center of all MICS tools are the • Indicator list • Standard Questionnaires • And the basic document that describes the process • The technical assistance framework
Governance and Human Resources • Terms of references and guidelines for • Steering Committees • Technical Committees • Country Survey Plan, Timetable, Budget templates • Terms of reference for UNICEF MICS Consultants
Survey Instruments • Survey instruments and associated documents • Questionnaires and indicator list • Guidelines for customization
Survey Instruments • Sampling • Guidelines for Mapping and Household Listing (updating the sample frame) • Template for sample size calculation • Household selection template • Sample weight calculation template
Data Collection • Supply procurement guidelines • Pre-test reporting template • Fieldworkers calculation template • Training manual • Guidelines and tools for computer-assisted interviewing • Cluster tracking guidelines • Instructions for fieldworkers, supervisors/editors • Manual for anthropometry • Field check tables and manual
Processing the Data • Data entry and export programs in CSPro • Imputation programs and guidelines • Data editing guidelines • Data entry operators calculation template • Wealth index calculation
Analysis • Tabulation plan • Data quality tabulation plan and manual • SPSS programs for tabulations, data quality tables and calculation of sampling errors
Reporting and dissemination • Summary Report template • Final report template, guidelines • Archiving tools • Package for Final Report launch
Web • Childinfo • MICS Compiler
Technical Assistance Framework • A support system providing technical assistance at key stages of the survey • From planning, through implementation, to reporting, dissemination, and further analysis • Providing quality assurance and ensuring continuous survey progress and flow of information
Technical Assistance Framework • Regional Experts: In household surveys, sampling, data processing • Regional Office: MICS Coordinator/Specialist, M&E Sections • UNICEF New York: MICS Team, Statistics and Monitoring Section
Technical Assistance Framework • Built around 26 steps that every survey goes through • From Data Needs Assessment to Further Analysis • Some steps are small, some are large • Some are overlapping or simultaneous, others are mutually dependent • All critical to survey
Technical Assistance Framework • Not all, but most steps involve a review mechanism • Feedback provided until agreement is reached • Each review has a response time attached • Some steps may require multiple reviews, others may be simple • Regional Offices clear reviews until a final review is conducted with Global MICS Team