NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Microdata access: Register Geography Barbados (BRB) Coverage type Country Time period covered 04/2012 - 05/2012 Series or system Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalDe jureHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The Barbados Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) 2012 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 HIV/AIDS. MICS also provides data for tracking progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDGS), particularly those related to health, education and mortality. 1,543 women ages 15-49 from 2,872 households were successfully interviewed. 465 questionnaires for children under five were completed. Men were not included in the survey sample. Keywords Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimotility drugs, Assets, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child development, Child labor, Children, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hysterectomy, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Internet, Iodine supplements, Land ownership, Length of stay, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal care, Maternal health, Menopause, Menstruation, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Spermicides, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Upper respiratory infections, VCT, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Zinc Citation Contributors Barbados Statistical Service United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Funders United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Publisher United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Suggested citation Barbados Statistical Service, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Barbados Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012. New York, United States of America: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 25, 2022