St. Lucia - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012

The Saint Lucia Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a nationally representative household survey developed under the guidance of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to provide internationally comparable and up-to-date information on the country's children and women. The survey measure key indicators used to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and will assist in policy decisions and government interventions.The Saint Lucia MICS was conducted in 2012 as part of the fourth global round of MICS (MICS4), with the implementing agencies within the Government of Saint Lucia being the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment (MoST) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations (MoH), Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Labour (MoE) and other government departments as well as non-government agencies.The Saint Lucia MICS was conducted using a sample of 2,000 households from both rural and urban areas in all the country's districts. Information was collected from 1,718 households about 1,253 women aged 15-49 years and 291 children under the age of 5 living in the households. A set of three questionnaires - a household questionnaire, a questionnaire for women aged 15-49years and a questionnaire for children under 5 - was used to conduct face-to-face interviews, and each yielded response rates of over 90 percent.