Pakistan - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017-2018

The MICS Punjab, 2017-18 has as its primary objectives:- To provide high quality data for assessing the situation of children, adolescents, women and households in Punjab;- To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward national goals, as a basis for future action;- To collect disaggregated data for the identification of disparities, to inform policies aimed at social inclusion of the most vulnerable;- To validate data from other sources and the results of focused interventions;- To generate data on national and global SDG indicators;- To generate internationally comparable data for the assessment of the progress made in various areas, and to put additional efforts in those areas that require more attention;- To generate behavioural and attitudinal data not available in other data sources.