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Laos Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011-2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Laos Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) 2011-2012
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2011 - 02/2012
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS)
DHS Program Surveys
MICS Program Surveys
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Laos MICS 2011-2012 is part of round 4 of the MICS series and phase 6 of the DHS series. The survey was designed using the technical frameworks of both the MICS and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). The survey covers nutrition, education, water and sanitation, marriage and sexual activity, fertility and mortality, contraception, HIV/AIDS, child protection, and use of mass media and information technology. Out of a sample size of 19,960 households, interviews were successfully completed for 18,843 households, 22,746 women ages 15 to 49, 9,951 men ages 15 to 49, and 11,067 children under the age of five.

Survey microdata and reports are available from UNICEF. The final report is also available from the DHS Program.

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