Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop

1. MICS Survey Design Workshop Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop Household Questionnaire

2. Contents • Household information panel • List of household members • Education • Child labour • Child discipline • Household characteristics • Insecticide treated nets • Indoor residual spraying • Water and sanitation • Handwashing • Salt iodization

3. Upper panel – Completed before household is contacted Survey-specific household and cluster numbers No “real” EA numbers please “Regions” may be changed to what is used in country Delete HH8 if Men’s Questionnaire not used, or is used for all men (no selection) Date may need to be modified later, if re-visit Customize introductory sentence, based on pre-test Do not give up – HH9 may still not be final

4. Lower panel, to be completed after all the household is finalized With the exception of HH16 and HH17 Delete 13A and 13B if Men’s Questionnaire not used

5. Record time before asking questions List of household members important for demographic information, identification of eligible respondents, and indicators Members: Use definition in your country, usually used in the census First, vertical: HL2-HL4, the horizontal, questions for each member May take out HL5, if dates are not well known HL6A may be taken out if ITN module not used HL7-HL7B important to identify eligible respondents for other questionnaires – take out HL7A if necessary

6. “Head” is designated by the respondent But always start list with head of household Completed age HL7-HL7B completed by interviewer Line numbers are very important, as they are assigned IDs to individuals in survey

7. HL11-HL14A for orphanhood and living arrangements Only for those age 0-17 May want to take out HL12A and HL14A, if migration of parents is of no interest HL15 is used as background information on children

8. Probe!!!! Issue individual questionnaires NOW!

12. Collects information on • Highest level attended and highest grade completed • Attendance last year • Attendance this year • Copy names and ages of all household members here • The first part is for all population age 5 and above • “Grade” may be changed to reflect the term used in country • “attendance” and “completion” are important • If non-formal education is common and is of interest, the module needs to be modified on a case by case basis

13. For household population 5-24 only References to school years may need to be changed Only “attendance” here – defined as attendance at any time, which over-estimates real attendance. This is not enrolment We need to establish attendance during two consecutive school years If the survey is conducted between two school years, the “current” school year is the previous school year, and the “previous” school year is the one preceding Note that preschool is also included here

14. Large number of indicators From preschool/school readiness to secondary school attendance Indicators are calculated by taking the UNESCO ISCED classifications into account

22. Having completed both the household list and the education module, we can also calculate the following MDG indicators:

23. Child labour and child discipline modules • Overview: • Child labour module is for children age 5-17 • Child discipline module is for children age 1-14 • Collecting information on both modules for all children in these age groups would need long rosters (especially for child labour) and can be very repetitive and time consuming • One child is selected from the age group 1-17 and information on this child is collected – depending on the age

24. Administration of modules • Children age 1-4 • Only child discipline module • Children age 5-14 • Both modules • Children age 15-17 • Only child labour module

25. Random selection of one child Correct, unbiased selection is critical List of children age 1-17, tables assigns rank numbers If no household member age 1-17, skip to Household Characteristics module

26. Known as the Kish table for random selection Use last digit of household number – can be 0 to 9 Total number of eligible children on the columns Select the corresponding number from within the table This is the rank number of the child selected for the modules If more than 8 children?

27. Continue with child labour module if child is age 5-17 Module developed in consultation with ILO Three main parts: Economic activity, hazardous work, and household chores CL2: Economic activities, including a general question at the end (D) Activities qualify here even if only one hour Questions may be customized to reflect common activities CL4 asked to determine the total number of hours during the last one week

28. Questions CL5-CL7 are about hazardous work If at least one is applicable, we skip to CL8, because even one of these hazardous conditions qualifies the child into child labour

29. CL8-CL9: Activities that are currently considered as economic activity in national accounts, but considered household chores in MICS indicator CL10-Cl12: Household chores In all of the module, both the identification of activities and chores, and the amount of time child engaged in these activities and chores is important, as age-specific thresholds are used for the indicator

30. Complicated algorithm for the indicator shown in the tables

34. Continue with child discipline module if child is 1-14 years Included age 1 for the first time – we have evidence that children as young as age 1 are subjected to some of these disciplinary practices We are interested in the use of disciplinary practices by any adult household member, during a one month period

35. Questions developed based on the Parent-Child Tactics Scale The flow of questions is very important and cannot be changed Very important to keep the wording of questions Excellent translation is necessary Last question is on attitude toward corporal punishment, not practices If the child or the respondent have been away for the last month….

36. Psychological aggression • D • H • Physical punishment • C • F • G • I • J • K • I and K are severe punishments

39. Household Characteristics • Socio-cultural groups • Crowding • Physical characteristics of dwelling • Cooking • Solid fuels • Household and personal assets • Land and animal ownership

40. Household Characteristics • Much of the information collected here is used for • Background characteristics of the households • Wealth index construction • Indicator (use of solid fuels)

41. Careful customization needed Do not need to include many small ethnic groups here, if not necessary Eventually, a combination of these is used for tabulations There should not be repetition Important to capture socio-cultural groups which might have different behaviors If multi-ethnic households or marriages are common, this may not be sufficient – may need to collect more detailed information in household list, or individual questionnaires

42. Crowding Floor, roof and exterior walls are used for wealth index construction, and need to be completed by the interviewer Prior information, training may be necessary Customization is needed

43. Use of solid fuels for cooking used to be an MDG indicator, not any more

46. Need to add to both lists Details provided in customization guidelines Basically, need to come up with a balanced list of items that apply to all types of households, poor, middle income or rich

47. Change “hectares” if necessary Add or delete animals – this is farm animals, livestock – not pets

48. Purpose • Most of the questions in this module can be used to construct the Wealth index • Standard background variable of MICS • Helps to explain differentials and to disaggregate indicators by socioeconomic status

49. Wealth index • Information on possession of household assets, dwelling materials, water and sanitation, crowding (and others) 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

50. HC8 & HC9 - Add to the list Each country should add to the list • at least five items of furniture • at least four additional household appliances • so that the list includes • at least 3 items that even a poor household may have, • at least 3 items that a middle income household may have, • at least 3 items that a high income household may have.