Child anthropometry

Part of MICS2, the 2000 Azerbaijan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey is nationally representative household interview survey that covered topics such as demographic indicators, maternal mortality, infant and child mortality, as well as health conditions, behaviors, and literacy.  The sampling frame was derived from the 1999 Population and Housing Census, with a total sample size of 6,112 households. 

• A household questionnaire that collected information various topics, including demographic background, literacy, and education.
• A individual women's questionnaire  that covered topics such as child mortality, maternal and newborn health, contraceptive use, and health literacy.
• A questionnaire administer to the mother or caretaker of children undeer age five with modules on birth registration, breastfeeding, health care, immunization, and anthropometry. 

Part of the first round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, the 1996 Angola MICS was a nationally representative household survey that collected information relating to the health of women and children. Estimates are possible for the national level, urban and rural areas separately, as well as six geographically defined regions that include multiple provinces. Interviews were carried out in 4,337 households, collecting data on topics such as demography, education, maternal and infant health, nutrition, water supply, and sanitation.

UNICEF has published some of the reports from MICS1, but the MICS1 microdata have not been made available.

Part of the third round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, the 2005 Albania MICS was a nationally representative survey designed to provide indicators concerning the health of women and children. Interviews were completed with 5,150 households, 5,091 women aged 15-49 years, and the mothers/caretakers of 1093 children under the age of five. Three questionnaires were used in the survey:

• A household questionnaire that included modules covering education, water and sanitation, child labor, child discipline, disability, and salt iodization. 
• A questionnaire for individual women aged 15-49 years covering child mortality, tetanus toxoid vaccination, maternal health, marriage, contraception, and health literacy. 
• A questionnaire concerning children under age five included modules on birth registration, child development, vitamin A supplements, breastfeeding, health care use, immunization, and anthropometry.

Part of MICS2, the Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000 was designed to provide estimates of health, nutrition, water, environmental sanitation, and other topics at the national level, for both urban and rural areas, and at a regional level that includes seven regions defined in the survey design: Central, Eastern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern. The survey used three questionnaires:

•  A household questionnaire that included questions on education, child labor, water and sanitation, and salt iodization.
•  An individual women’s questionnaire for only married women age 12-49 that included questions on child mortality, tetanus toxoid vaccination, and contraceptive use.
•  A questionnaire for children under five that contained modules on birth certificates, vitamin A, breastfeeding, night blindness, and anthropometry.