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Lesotho Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1996

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General Info
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Lesotho (LSO)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
05/1996 - 06/1996
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
MICS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Lesotho Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) 1996 is part of MICS1, 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 1996 Lesotho MICS, 5,559 women age 15-49 were successfully interviewed from 5,566 households. Additionally, information on 3,301 children under 5 and 4,887 children age 6-12 was collected.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Ascariasis, BCG vaccines, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Complete birth history, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Education, Family composition, Health care access, Health facilities, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Infant mortality, Iodine supplements, Live births, Malnutrition, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Multiple births, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Trichuriasis, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 12, 2023