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Vanuatu Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2023

General Info

Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
Vanuatu (VUT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
July, 2023 - October, 2023
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Vanuatu Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2023 is part of MICS6, 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 HIV/AIDS. For the 2023 survey, 4,327 households were successfully interviewed, with household water quality testing being completed for 1,074 households and source water quality testing being completed for 1,046 households. 3,412 women, 1,389 men, 2,043 children under the age of 5, and 2,466 children ages 5-17 completed individual interviews.

Keywords 
24HR dietary recall, Abortion, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Cervix uteri cancer, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child development, Child health care, Child labor, Child mortality, Children, Circumcision, Cognitive impairment, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Corrective lenses, Cough, Crime, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Disability, Disasters, Domestic migration, Domestic violence, Eclampsia, Education, Education access, Electricity, Emergency contraception, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Fish, Fruits, HPV vaccines, Health care services, Health care use, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health promotion, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intentional injuries, International migration, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Iodine supplements, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, MMR vaccines, Male infertility, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal care, Meat, Medicines, Menstruation, Mental health symptoms, Miscarriage, Mobility aids, Mortality, Multiple births, Occupational risk factors, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pentavalent vaccines, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Religion, Rotavirus vaccines, Safety, Sanitation, School enrollment, Screening, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Starchy vegetables, Stillbirths, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Vision loss, Water supply, Whole grains, Zinc

Citation

Contributors 
Bureau of Statistics (Vanuatu)
New Zealand Aid Programme
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Funders 
Government of Vanuatu
Government of New Zealand
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Publisher 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Publication year 
2024
Suggested citation 
Bureau of Statistics (Vanuatu), New Zealand Aid Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Vanuatu Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2023. New York, United States of America: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2024.

Source URL:https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/vanuatu-multiple-indicator-cluster-survey-2023