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Uruguay Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012-2013

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Uruguay Encuesta de Indicadores MĂșltiples por Conglomerados 2013
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
Uruguay (URY)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
November, 2012 - November, 2013
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Uruguay Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) 2012-2013 is part of MICS4, an international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women. Topics commonly covered in MICS include immunization, education, child and maternal health, family planning and knowledge of HIV/AIDS. MICS also provides data for tracking progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those related to health, education and mortality. For the 2012-2013 Uruguay MICS, 2,753 women ages 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 3,568 households. Additionally, 1,599 questionnaires for children under 5 were completed.

Keywords 
Age at first sex, Agriculture, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Assets, Birth certificates, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child care, Child development, Child health care, Children, Condoms, Conduct disorder, Congestion, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Education access, Electricity, Emergency care, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Internet, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Maternal care, PMTCT, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Race, Refrigeration, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual behavior, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional medicine, Transportation, VCT, Vaccination cards, Water supply

Citation

Contributors 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Ministry of Social Development (Uruguay)
Funders 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Publisher 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Publication year 
2015
Suggested citation 
Ministry of Social Development (Uruguay), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Uruguay Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012-2013. New York, United States of America: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2015.

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