Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2006 - February, 2006
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
Part of MICS3, the 2006 Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was national health interview survey with a focus on the situation of children and women, covering topics such education, immunization, contraceptive use. The survey data provides estimates for all six districts of the country, as well as urban and rural areas separately. The survey used three questionnaires:
- A household questionnaire collected basic demographic information on household members and covered topics such as education, water supply, sanitation, disability, and iodine supplements.
- A questionnaire for individual women ages 15-49 collected information relating to child mortality, tetanus toxoid vaccination, maternal health, contraceptive use, sexual behavior, and health literacy.
- A questionnaire that collected data on children under-five covered topics such as child development, vitamin A supplements, breastfeedings, immunization and anthropometry.
Keywords
Age at first sex, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child anthropometry, Child development, Community health clinics, Condoms, Congestion, Contraceptive implants, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Health care use, Health literacy, Hearing loss, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Iodine deficiency, Iodine supplements, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Malaria, Malnutrition, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight
Citation
Publisher
Suggested citation
Statistical Institute of Belize, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006. New York, United States of America: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).