Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020 - Samoa

Abstract
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Since its inception in the mid-1990s, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys programme, known as MICS, has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on children and women worldwide. In countries as diverse as Bangladesh, Thailand, Fiji, Qatar, Cote d’Ivoire, Turkmenistan and Argentina, trained fieldwork teams conduct face-to-face interviews with household members on a variety of topics – focusing mainly on those issues that directly affect the lives of children and women. MICS is an integral part of plans and policies of many governments around the world, and a major data source for more than 30 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators. The MICS programme continues to evolve with new methodologies and initiatives, including MICS Plus, MICS Link, MICS GIS and the MICS Tabulator.

Geographic coverage
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Samoa
The majority of MICS surveys are designed to be representative at the national level. Sample sizes are sufficient to generate robust data at the regional or provincial levels, and for urban and rural areas. Subnational surveys, covering specific population groups (such as Palestinians in Lebanon) or specific geographical areas (such as selected regions of East in Afghanistan) within countries are also conducted.

Analysis unit
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Household, Individual

Sampling procedure
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Sample sizes vary greatly from one survey to the other, currently averaging around 12,000 households (for national surveys).

The sample for the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was designed to provide estimates on a large number of indicators on the situation of children and women at the national level, for areas of residence, and for geographical locations, such as regions, governorates, or districts. A multi-stage, stratified cluster sampling approach was typickly used for the selection of the survey sample. MICS6 surveys are not self-weighting. For reporting national level results, sample weights were used. A more detailed description of the sample design can be found in Appendix A of Final Report.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

自20世纪90年代中期启动以来，多项指标集群调查（MICS）已成为全球儿童和妇女统计数据可靠且具有国际可比性的最大来源。在孟加拉国、泰国、斐济、卡塔尔、科特迪瓦、土库曼斯坦和阿根廷等多样化的国家中，经过培训的现场工作团队对家庭成员进行面对面访谈，涉及各种主题——主要关注直接影响儿童和妇女生活的那些问题。MICS已成为许多国家计划和政策的有机组成部分，并为超过30个可持续发展目标（SDGs）指标提供了主要数据来源。MICS项目随着新的方法和倡议的发展而持续演进，包括MICS Plus、MICS Link、MICS GIS和MICS Tabulator等。地理覆盖范围：萨摩亚。大多数MICS调查旨在在国家层面具有代表性。样本量足以在地区或省级层面，以及城市和农村地区生成稳健的数据。在国家内部，也进行了针对特定人口群体（如黎巴嫩巴勒斯坦人）或特定地理区域（如阿富汗东部选定的地区）的次国家调查。分析单位：家庭、个人。抽样程序：样本量在不同调查之间差异很大，目前平均约为12,000户（针对国家调查）。MICS调查的样本设计旨在为国家层面、居住地区以及地区、省或区等地理位置提供大量指标估计。通常使用多阶段分层聚类抽样方法来选择调查样本。MICS6调查不是自加权。在报告国家层面结果时，使用了样本权重。更详细的样本设计描述可参见最终报告附录A。数据收集方式：面对面[f2f]