NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Microdata access: Register Geography Viet Nam (VNM) Coverage type Country Time period covered 12/2010 - 01/2011 Series or system Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) MICS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary Part of MICS4, an international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women, covering health, education, child protection and HIV/AIDS; it includes vaccination, contraceptive use and symptoms like diarrhea, cough and fever. The 2010-2011 Vietnam MICS included testing for iodine in salt and anthropometric measurements for children under 5. The survey included questions about bednets and spraying, but did not include malaria testing. Of the 12,000 households selected for the survey, successful interviews were completed for 11,614, a response rate of 99.8 percent. For the women's module, 12,115 women ages 15-49 were interviewed, and interviews for 3,678 children were completed. Keywords Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child development, Child labor, Child mortality, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic violence, Edema, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fever, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Indoor residual spraying, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iodine supplements, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Menopause, Menstruation, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Religion, Reproductive health, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Zinc Citation Contributors United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) General Statistics Office (Vietnam) Funders United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Publisher United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Suggested citation General Statistics Office (Vietnam), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Vietnam Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010-2011. New York, United States of America: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 12, 2023