South Sudan - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1999

South Sudan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1999

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey - Round 2 In 1998, UNICEF embarked on a process of helping countries assess progress for children at end-decade in relation to the World Summit for Children goals (New York, 1990).

Indicators

The list of global indicators being used to assess progress at end-decade was developed through extensive consultation, both within UNICEF, particularly with Programme Division and the Regional Offices, and with WHO, UNESCO and the ILO. The global indicator list can be found in Annex 1 of the Executive Directive EXD/1999-03 dated 23 April 1999.

Mid decade experience

There are numerous sources of data for measuring progress at country level, but many either do not function well enough to give current and quality data, or do not provide the data required for assessing progress. Household surveys are capable of filling many of these data gaps. The mid-decade assessment led to 100 countries collecting data using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), household surveys developed to obtain specific mid-decade data, or via MICS questionnaire modules carried by other surveys. By 1996, 60 developing countries had carried out stand-alone MICS, and another 40 had incorporated some of the MICS modules into other surveys. The mid-decade questionnaire and manual, the countries where a standalone MICS was implemented.

The end-decade assessment

The end-decade MICS questionnaire and manual have been developed specifically to obtain the data for 63 of the 75 end-decade indicators. These draw heavily on experiences with the mid-decade MICS and the subsequent MICS evaluation. The content is organized into question modules, for countries to adopt or omit according to the data already available. The development of the end-decade MICS questionnaire and manual has drawn on an even wider spread of organizations than the mid-decade MICS. They include WHO, UNESCO, ILO, UNAIDS, the United Nations Statistical Division, CDC Atlanta, MEASURE (USAID), Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and others.

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The scope of South Sudan 1999 MICS includes:

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE

- Household listing

- Education

- Child labor

- Maternal mortality

- Child disability

- Water and sanitation

- Salt iodization

WOMEN QUESTIONNAIRE

- Child mortality

- Tetanus toxoid

- Maternal and newborn health

- HIV/AIDS

CHILDREN UNDER5 QUESTIONNAIRE

- Vitamin A

- Breastfeeding

- Care of illness

- Malaria

- Immunization

- Anthropometry

The study's statistical population was defined as all households in areas of southern Sudan deemed to be accessible in terms of internal security. Government garrison towns and their environs were recognised as 'out of scope' for the survey. It is thought that between 70 and 80 percent of the population residing in southern Sudan is thus covered by the survey. The sample that was designed and executed was done so in accordance with statistical probability selection methods so that the results are a valid representation of the population covered by the survey. Insecurity and access denials made it impossible to visit certain locations in southern Sudan. This report reflects data from only those locations that were accessible and only in rebel-held areas.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Economics Data Group	DECDG	World Bank	Documentation of the DDI

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