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MICS 2016 (Nalaikh District)

Mongolia, 2016
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DDI-MNG-NSO-EN-MICS-2016-NA-v1.0
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    Survey ID number

    DDI-MNG-NSO-EN-MICS-2016-NA-v1.0

    Title

    MICS 2016 (Nalaikh District)

    Country
    Name Country code
    Mongolia MNG
    Study type

    Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey - Round 1 [hh/mics-1]

    Series Information

    2000, 2005, 2010, 2012

    Abstract

    This report is based on the Child Development Survey (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)), conducted in 2016 by the National Statistics Office of Mongolia (NSO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Nalaikh district, Ulaanbaatar. The Survey provides valuable information on assessing the implication of children and women rights in Nalaikh district and gives statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes, and for monitoring progress towards local government goals and commitments.
    Besides of local government's commitments, the report will give profound base to monitor goals and objectives set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the goals of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the Education for All Declaration of Mongolia.
    The CDS 2016 in Nalaikh district has following primary objectives:
    · To provide up-to-date information for assessing the situation of children, women and men in Nalaikh district;
    · To collect disaggregated data for the identification of disparities, to allow for evidence based policy-making aimed at social inclusion of the most vulnerable;
    · To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established in the Millennium Declaration and other internationally agreed upon goals, as a basis for future action in the provincial level;
    · To generate data for assessment of the progress made within the UNICEF Country Program 2012-2016 and to put additional efforts in those areas that needs requires attention

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Household and household members

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.0

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Nalaikh District

    Universe

    Of the 1000 households selected for the sample 995 households were found to be occupied. Of these 975 households were successfully interviewed yielding a response rate of 98.0 percent (Table HH1). The total 831 women age 15-49 years were listed within the interviewed households, of which 758 were successfully interviewed indicating a response rate of 91.2 percent.
    The survey also sampled men age 15-49, but required only a subsample of all men in every third household. 343 men age 15-49 years were listed in the household questionnaires. Questionnaires were completed for 296 eligible men, which corresponds to a response rate of 86.3 percent within eligible interviewed households.
    In addition, 379 children under 5 listed in the household questionnaires. Questionnaires were completed for 374 of these children, which corresponds to a response rate of 98.7 percent within interviewed households.
    Overall response rates in Nalaikh district stands at 84.6 percent of men age 15-49 years, 89.4 percent of women and 96.7 percent calculated for mothers/ caretakers of children under 5.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Statistical Office SGH
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF Funding of survey implementation
    United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Funding of survey implementation

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample for the Social Indicator Sample Survey was designed to provide estimates for a large number of indicators on the situation of children, women and men in Nalaikh district, and its seven khoroos (first to seventh khoroos).

    Deviations from the Sample Design

    A total of 1000 households were selected and selection probabilities and corresponding weights vary by soum and PSU. As the main sampling strata, the sample was selected in two stages. At the first stage the primary sampling units (PSUs) within each stratum were selected systematically with probability proportional to size (PPS). After a household listing was carried out in the sample PSUs, a systematic sample of 25 households was selected within each sample PSU in second stage.
    The official statistics of the household registration end of 2015 was used as a sampling frame. As the lowest administrative units - 52 khesegs of 7th khoroos were defined as primary sampling units (PSUs).The listing of households was updated during September to October, 2016.
    Thus the data collection fieldwork took place during November and December 2016, when the internal migration of households was stable and managed to collect survey data entirely and covered all 52 selected sampling units.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Questions and indicators for the survey were identified based on the survey objectives and covering the main indicators of the 5th round of the MICS model questionnaire recommended by UNICEF. Moreover, the principle of comparability internationally and with previous surveys was considered.
    Five sets of questionnaires were used in the survey:

    1. A household questionnaire which was used to collect basic demographic information on all de jure household members (usual residents), the household, and the dwelling;
    2. A questionnaire for individual women administered in each household to all women age 15-49 years;
    3. A questionnaire for individual men administered in every second household to all men age 15-49 years;
    4. An under-5 questionnaire, administered to mothers (or caretakers) for all children under 5 living in the household;
    5. A questionnaire for evaluating water quality administered in every third household.
      In addition to the administration of the questionnaires, fieldwork teams tested the salt used for cooking in the households for iodine content, observed the place for hand washing and measured the weights and heights of children age under 5 years. Data from these measurements and observations are recorded in the respective place in the questionnaires and Details and findings are provided in the respective sections of the report.
      The household questionnaires included the following modules:
      · Household Listing Form
      · Household member's education
      · Disability (children age 5-17)
      · Child Labour
      · Child Discipline
      · Horse Racing Child (Children Jockeys)
      · Household Characteristics
      · Water and Sanitation
      · Hand Washing
      · Salt Iodization
      The Questionnaire for women age 15-49 was administered to all women of this age living in the households by separate interviewing and included the following modules:
      · Woman's Background
      · Access to Mass Media and Use of Information Communication Technology
      · Fertility/birth history
      · Desire for Last Birth
      · Maternal and Newborn Health
      · Post natal health check
      · Illness Symptoms
      · Contraception's use
      · Contraception's need
      · Attitudes towards Domestic Violence
      · Marriage/ Union
      · Sexual Behaviour
      · HIV/AIDS
      · Tobacco and Alcohol Use
      · Life Satisfaction
      The Questionnaire for Child under 5 was administered to mothers or caretakers of all children under 5 years of age living in the households. Normally, the questionnaire was administered to mothers of under-5 children; in cases when the mother was not listed in the household roster, a primary caretaker for the child was identified and interviewed. The questionnaire included the following modules:
      · Age
      · Birth Registration
      · Early Childhood Development
      · Breastfeeding and dietary intake
      · Immunization
      · Care of Illness
      · Child disability (children age 2-4)
      · Anthropometry
      The Questionnaire for Individual Men was administered to all men age 15-49 years living in every second households by separate interviewing, and included the following modules:
      · Man's Background;
      · Access to Mass Media and Use of Information and Communication Technology;
      · Reproductively;
      · Attitudes towards Domestic Violence
      · Marriage/Union;
      · Contraception;
      · Sexual Behavior;
      · Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS; and
      · Tobacco and Alcohol Use
      · Family Planning;
      · Life Satisfaction.
      Water Quality questionnaire was administered in every third household which included question on drinking-water quality, questioning water source of the household and testing residential water quality, and included the following modules:
      · Testing of residential water quality
      · Water quality testing results
      The questionnaires were pre-tested in July, 2016 in 3 bags of Kherlen and Tsenkhermandal soums of Khentii aimag and in 2 khesegs of 8th khoroo of Bayanzurkh district, Ulaanbaatar, in totally 5 PSUs.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2016-10-26 2016-11-11
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation Abbreviation
    National Statistical Office SGH NSO
    Data Collection Notes

    The NSO has conducted training for 25 fieldwork staff for 15 days during October 26 to November 11, 2016 by combined forms of lectures and practical sessions. The training included lectures on interviewing techniques and the questionnaires contents using tablets.
    The paper questionnaire testing was carried out in 7th khoroo of Nalaikh district for two days and the testing of tablets in 6th khoroo for another two days. As the module on water quality was included in the CDS for the first time, a consultant from the Public Health Institute of Mongolia has been invited to give lectures on the water quality testing. Finally, all 25 participants were examined, on a basis of which we have selected the interviewers, editors and supervisors.
    The data was collected by three teams; each team was comprised of a supervisor, 5 interviewers (2 men assigned as main measurers) and 2 drivers.
    The data collection fieldwork was carried out during November 13 to December 6, 2016. Monitoring, assessment and timely clarification of the data entered on the central network during the data collection helped improve the quality of data. In addition, field monitoring visits were done by NSO and UNICEF staff, who were involved in the training process during the data collection processes and who observed some interviews and held discussions with the teams to address the issues and inaccuracies and ways for improvement. These contributed to overall quality of the data.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The MICS utilized tablet PCs for data collection. This environmental friendly solution offered many advantages including, sending the data collected from the field immediately to the central office at a click of a button, time saving from data entry (in the case of paper surveys), cost in the long term and ensuring information collected are of high quality. Figure SM.1 shows the data collection and transferring process used in the survey.
    <div><b>Figure SM.1: Data processing
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    The data collected by the interviewers was aggregated at the team supervisors level and after required clarification and editing, it was sent to the central network of the NSO. The data received at the central office were monitored and checked. Where additional clarifications were needed on a particular data, the team supervisors were made to contact the particular household.
    The data collected from the selected households were entered on computers using the CSPro 5.03 software program. Procedures and standard programs developed under the global MICS4 programme and adapted to the MICS questionnaires with additional module and questions were used throughout. The data were analyzed using the standard SPSS 21.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software program and the model syntax and tabulation plans developed by UNICEF were customized for this purpose.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    test

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Email
    Altantsetseg Altantsetseg@nso.mn
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Users of the data agree to keep confidential all data contained in these datasets and to make no attempt to identify, trace or contact any individual whose data is included in these datasets.
    Access conditions

    Survey datasets are distributed at no cost for legitimate research, with the condition that
    we receive a description of the objectives of any research project that will be using the
    data prior to authorizing their distribution.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The National Statistical Office of Mongolia and UNICEF provide these data to external users without any warranty or responsibility implied. The National Statistical Office of Mongolia and UNICEF accept no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any actions resulting from the use of these data.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    National Statistics Office of Mongolia international@nso.mn
    Ms. Altantsetseg Togtoo senior officer, Population and Social Statistics Department altantsetseg@nso.mn
    Ms. Lkhagvatseren Dulmaa officer, Information Technology Department lkhagvatseren@nso.mn

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI-MNG-NSO-EN-MICS-2016-NA-v1.0

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    National Statistical Office NSO SGH Documentation of the study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2016-12-01

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    v1.0

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