Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006 - Kazakhstan

Abstract
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The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a household survey programme developed by UNICEF to assist countries in filling data gaps for monitoring human development in general and the situation of children and women in particular. MICS is capable of producing statistically sound, internationally comparable estimates of social indicators. The current round of MICS is focused on providing a monitoring tool for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Fit for Children (WFFC), as well as for other major international commitments, such as the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS and the Abuja targets for malaria.

Survey Objectives
The 2006 Kazakhstan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey has as its primary objectives:
- To provide up-to-date information for assessing the situation of children and women in Kazakhstan
- To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established in the Millennium Declaration, the goals of A World Fit For Children (WFFC), and other internationally agreed upon goals, as a basis for future action;
- To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Kazakhstan and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.

Survey Content
MICS questionnaires are designed in a modular fashion that can be easily customized to the needs of a country. They consist of a household questionnaire, a questionnaire for women aged 15-49 and a questionnaire for children under the age of five (to be administered to the mother or caretaker). Other than a set of core modules, countries can select which modules they want to include in each questionnaire.

Survey Implementation
The survey was carried out by The Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the support and assistance of UNICEF and other partners. Technical assistance and training for the surveys is provided through a series of regional workshops, covering questionnaire content, sampling and survey implementation; data processing; data quality and data analysis; report writing and dissemination.

Geographic coverage
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The sample for the Kazakhstan 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 urban and rural areas, as well as at sub-national level for 16 regions - 14 Oblasts and 2 Cities:
- Akmola Oblast
- Aktobe Oblast
- Almaty Oblast
- Atyrau Oblast
- West Kazakhstan Oblast
- Zhambyl Oblast
- Karaganda Oblast
- Kostanai Oblast
- Kyzylorda Oblast
- Mangistau Oblast
- South Kazakhstan Oblast
- Pavlodar Oblast
- North Kazakhstan Oblast
- East Kazakhstan Oblast
- Astana City
- Almaty City

Analysis unit
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Households (defined as a group of persons who usually live and eat together)

De jure household members (defined as memers of the household who usually live in the household, which may include people who did not sleep in the household the previous night, but does not include visitors who slept in the household the previous night but do not usually live in the household)

Women aged 15-49

Children aged 0-4

Universe
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The survey covered all de jure household members (usual residents), all women aged 15-49 years resident in the household, and all children aged 0-4 years (under age 5) resident in the household.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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Regions were identified as the main sampling domains and the sample was selected in two stages. The sample was stratified by urban and rural areas (which represent second level territorial and administrative units). 1999 Population Census enumeration areas were selected as Primary Sampling Units (PSUs). The number of primary sampling units (PSUs) for oblast and main cities depended on the total population at the beginning of 2005.

At the first stage, mentioned number of PSUs was randomly selected for each stratum. In general, 625 PSUs were selected within the country. At the second stage, 24 households were systematically selected in each sampled primary sampling unit. Thus, total number of sampled households made 15,000.

The sample was stratified by region and is not self-weighting. For reporting national level results, sample weights are used.

For more information on the sampling design please see the sampling design document under the technical documents folder.

Sampling deviation
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No major deviations from the original sample design were made. All sample enumeration areas were accessed and successfully interviewed with good response rates.

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

Research instrument
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The questionnaires for the Kazakhstan MICS were structured questionnaires based on the MICS3 Model Questionnaire with some modifications and additions. A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age, relationship, and orphanhood status. The household questionnaire includes household characteristics, education, child labour, water and sanitation, and salt iodization, with optional modules for child discipline, maternal mortality and durability of housing and Kazakhstan specific modules about UICEF.

In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered in each household for women age 15-49 and children under age five. For children, the questionnaire was administered to the mother or caretaker of the child.

The women's questionnaire include women's characteristics, child mortality, maternal and newborn health, marriage and union, contraception, and HIV/AIDS knowledge, with optional modules for domestic violence, and sexual (reproductive) behavior and Kazakhstan specific module for Tuberculosis.

The children's questionnaire includes children's characteristics, birth registration and early learning, breastfeeding, care of illness, immunization, and anthropometry, with an optional module for child development.

The questionnaires are based on the MICS3 model questionnaire; however, some Modules were adapted to Kazakhstan (in particular, Education Module, which was considerably changed). English questionnaires were translated into Russian and Kazakh. Questionnaires were pre-tested in Fabrichnyi (Almaty Oblast) and Kordai (Zhambyl Oblast) settlements in November 2005. Based on the results of the pre-test, modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires.
All questionnaires and modules are provided as external resources.

Cleaning operations
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Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing (see Other processing), including:
a) Office editing and coding
b) During data entry
c) Structure checking and completeness
d) Secondary editing
e) Structural checking of SPSS data files

Detailed documentation of the editing of data can be found in the data processing guidelines

Response rate
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Of the 15,000 households selected for the sample, 14,984 were found to be occupied. Of these 14,564 were successfully interviewed for a household response rate of 97.2 percent. In the interviewed households, 14,719 women (age 15-49) were identified. Of these, 14,570 were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 99.0 percent. In addition, 4,424 children under age five were listed in the household questionnaire. Of these, questionnaires were completed for 4,416, which correspond to a response rate of 99.8 percent. Overall response rates calculated for the interviews of women 15-49 years of age and children under-5 were 96.2 and 97.0 percents respectively.

Household response rates in rural areas were higher than in urban - 99.4 and 95.6 percent respectively. Overall household response rate throughout the country was high and varied from 91.6 percent in Almaty City up to 99 percent in Zhambyl Oblast.

Sampling error estimates
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Estimates from a sample survey are affected by two types of errors: 1) non-sampling errors and 2) sampling errors. Non-sampling errors are the results of mistakes made in the implementation of data collection and data processing. Numerous efforts were made during implementation of the 2006 MICS to minimize this type of error, however, non-sampling errors are impossible to avoid and difficult to evaluate statistically.

Sampling errors can be evaluated statistically. The sample of respondents to the 2006 MICS is only one of many possible samples that could have been selected from the same population, using the same design and expected size. Each of these samples would yield results that differe somewhat from the results of the actual sample selected. Sampling errors are a measure of the variability in the results of the survey between all possible samples, and, although, the degree of variability is not known exactly, it can be estimated from the survey results. The sampling erros are measured in terms of the standard error for a particular statistic (mean or percentage), which is the square root of the variance. Confidence intervals are calculated for each statistic within which the true value for the population can be assumed to fall. Plus or minus two standard errors of the statistic is used for key statistics presented in MICS, equivalent to a 95 percent confidence interval.

If the sample of respondents had been a simple random sample, it would have been possible to use straightforward formulae for calculating sampling errors. However, the 2006 MICS sample is the result of a multi-stage stratified design, and consequently needs to use more complex formulae. The SPSS complex samples module has been used to calculate sampling errors for the 2006 MICS. This module uses the Taylor linearization method of variance estimation for survey estimates that are means or proportions. This method is documented in the SPSS file CSDescriptives.pdf found under the Help, Algorithms options in SPSS.

Sampling errors have been calculated for a select set of statistics (all of which are proportions due to the limitations of the Taylor linearization method) for the national sample, urban and rural areas, and for each of the five regions. For each statistic, the estimate, its standard error, the coefficient of variation (or relative error -- the ratio between the standard error and the estimate), the design effect, and the square root design effect (DEFT -- the ratio between the standard error using the given sample design and the standard error that would result if a simple random sample had been used), as well as the 95 percent confidence intervals (+/-2 standard errors).

Details of the sampling errors are presented in the sampling errors appendix to the report and in the sampling errors table presented in te external resources.

Data appraisal
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A series of data quality tables and graphs are available to review the quality of the data and include the following:
Age distribution of the household population
Age distribution of eligible women and interviewed women
Age distribution of eligible children and children for whom the mother or caretaker was interviewed
Age distribution of children under age 5 by 3 month groups
Age and period ratios at boundaries of eligibility
Percent of observations with missing information on selected variables
Presence of mother inthe household and person interviewed for the under 5 questionnaire
School attendance by single year age
Sex ratio at birth among children ever born, surviving and dead by age of respondent
Distribution of women by time since last birth
Scatterplot of weight by height, weight by age and height by age
Graph of male and female population by single years of age
Population pyramid

The results of each of these data quality tables is shown in the appendix of the final report and is also given in the external resources section.

The general rule for presentation of missing data in the final report tabulations is that a column is presented for missing data if the percentage of cases with missing data is 1% or more. Cases with missing data on the background characteristics (e.g. education) are included in the tables, but the missing data rows are suppressed and noted at the bottom of the tables in the report (not in the SPSS output, however).

摘要
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联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）开发的多指标集群调查（MICS）是一项旨在协助各国填补数据缺口，以监测一般人类发展状况，特别是儿童和妇女状况的家庭调查项目。MICS能够产生统计上可靠、国际上可比的社会指标估计值。当前轮次的MICS专注于提供千年发展目标（MDGs）、世界适宜儿童成长（WFFC）以及其他主要国际承诺的监测工具，例如联合国大会特别会议（UNGASS）关于艾滋病和 Abuja 马拉里亚目标。
调查目标
2006年哈萨克斯坦多指标集群调查的主要目标如下：
- 为评估哈萨克斯坦儿童和妇女的状况提供最新信息；
- 提供数据，用于监测千年宣言、世界适宜儿童成长（WFFC）和其他国际达成共识的目标的进展，作为未来行动的基础；
- 为改善哈萨克斯坦的数据和监测系统做出贡献，并加强此类系统设计、实施和分析的技术专长。
调查内容
MICS问卷以模块化方式设计，便于根据国家需求进行定制。它们包括家庭问卷、15-49岁女性问卷以及5岁以下儿童问卷（由母亲或监护人填写）。除核心模块外，各国可以自行选择每个问卷中包含哪些模块。
调查实施
该调查由哈萨克斯坦共和国统计局实施，在联合国儿童基金会和其他合作伙伴的支持和协助下进行。通过一系列区域性研讨会提供技术援助和培训，涵盖问卷内容、抽样和调查实施；数据处理；数据质量和数据分析；报告撰写和传播。
地理覆盖范围
哈萨克斯坦多指标集群调查（MICS）的样本设计旨在为国家层面、城市和农村地区以及16个地区（14个州和2个城市）提供大量指标估计值，这些地区包括：
- 阿克莫拉州
- 阿克托别州
- 阿拉木图州
- 阿特劳州
- 西哈萨克斯坦州
- 江布尔州
- 卡拉干达州
- 科斯塔纳州
- 克孜勒奥尔达州
- 曼吉斯套州
- 南哈萨克斯坦州
- 帕夫洛达尔州
- 北哈萨克斯坦州
- 东哈萨克斯坦州
- 阿斯塔纳市
- 阿拉木图市
分析单位
家庭（定义为通常一起生活和进食的一组人）
法定家庭成员（定义为通常居住在家庭中的人，可能包括前一晚未在家庭中过夜的人，但不包括前一晚在家庭中过夜但通常不住在家庭中的访客）
15-49岁女性
0-4岁儿童
总体
该调查涵盖了所有法定家庭成员（常住居民）、所有居住在家庭中的15-49岁女性以及所有居住在家庭中的0-4岁儿童（5岁以下）。
数据类型
样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
地区被确定为主要的抽样领域，样本在两个阶段进行选择。样本按城市和农村地区分层（代表第二级领土和行政单位）。1999年人口普查的统计区域被选为一级抽样单位（PSU）。每个州和主要城市的PSU数量取决于2005年初的总人口。
第一阶段，为每个层随机选择指定数量的PSU。通常，国内选择了625个PSU。在第二阶段，在每个抽样PSU中系统性地选择了24户家庭。因此，样本家庭总数为15,000户。
样本按地区分层，且不具有自加权性。在报告国家层面结果时，使用样本权重。
有关抽样设计的更多信息，请参阅技术文档文件夹下的抽样设计文档。
抽样偏差
没有对原始样本设计做出重大调整。所有样本统计区域都得到了访问，并且成功进行了访谈，响应率良好。
数据收集方式
面对面 [f2f]
研究工具
哈萨克斯坦MICS的问卷是基于MICS3模型问卷的结构化问卷，经过一些修改和补充。在每个家庭中进行了家庭问卷，收集了有关家庭成员的各种信息，包括性别、年龄、关系和孤儿状况。家庭问卷包括家庭特征、教育、儿童劳动、水和卫生以及食盐碘化，还包括可选模块，如儿童纪律、孕产妇死亡率和住房的耐用性，以及关于联合国儿童基金会的哈萨克斯坦特定模块。
除了家庭问卷外，还针对每个家庭中的15-49岁女性和5岁以下儿童进行了问卷。对于儿童，问卷由孩子的母亲或监护人填写。
女性的问卷包括女性的特征、儿童死亡率、孕产妇和新生儿健康、婚姻和联合、避孕和艾滋病/艾滋病病毒知识，还包括可选模块，如家庭暴力和性（生殖）行为，以及关于结核病的哈萨克斯坦特定模块。
儿童的问卷包括儿童的特征、出生登记和早期学习、母乳喂养、疾病护理、免疫接种和人体测量学，还包括可选模块，如儿童发展。
问卷基于MICS3模型问卷；然而，一些模块根据哈萨克斯坦进行了调整（特别是教育模块，该模块发生了相当大的变化）。英语问卷被翻译成俄语和哈萨克语。问卷于2005年11月在阿拉木图州的Fabrichnyi和江布尔州的Kordai定居点进行了预测试。根据预测试的结果，对问卷的文字和翻译进行了修改。所有问卷和模块都作为外部资源提供。
数据清理操作
在整个数据处理过程中进行了数据编辑（见其他处理），包括：
a) 办公室编辑和编码
b) 在数据输入期间
c) 结构检查和完整性
d) 二次编辑
e) SPSS数据文件的结构检查
有关数据编辑的详细文档可以在数据处理指南中找到。
响应率
在选定的15,000户样本家庭中，发现14,984户有人居住。其中，14,564户成功进行了访谈，家庭响应率为97.2％。在访谈的家庭中，确定了14,719名（15-49岁）女性。其中，14,570名成功进行了访谈，响应率为99.0％。此外，家庭问卷中列出了4,424名5岁以下的儿童。其中，4,416份问卷被完成，响应率为99.8％。总体而言，15-49岁女性的访谈和5岁以下儿童的访谈的总体响应率分别为96.2％和97.0％。
农村地区的家庭响应率高于城市地区 - 分别为99.4％和95.6％。全国范围内的总体家庭响应率很高，从阿拉木图市的91.6％到江布尔州的99％不等。
抽样误差估计
样本调查的估计受到两种类型的误差的影响：1) 非抽样误差和2) 抽样误差。非抽样误差是数据收集和处理过程中所犯错误的结果。在2006年MICS的实施过程中，做出了许多努力来最大限度地减少此类误差，但是，非抽样误差是无法避免且难以从统计上评估的。
抽样误差可以统计地评估。2006年MICS的受访者样本只是从同一人口中可能选择出的许多样本之一，这些样本使用了相同的设计和预期规模。这些样本中的每一个都会产生与实际样本选择的结果略有不同的结果。抽样误差是衡量调查结果在所有可能样本之间差异的指标，尽管这种差异的程度并不完全清楚，但它可以从调查结果中估计出来。抽样误差以特定统计量（均值或百分比）的标准误差来衡量，这是方差的平方根。对于每个统计量，计算置信区间，假设真实值位于该区间内。MICS中呈现的关键统计量的正负两个标准误差用于计算。
如果受访者样本是一个简单随机样本，则可以使用简单的公式来计算抽样误差。然而，2006年MICS的样本是分层多阶段设计的产物，因此需要使用更复杂的公式。SPSS复杂样本模块已用于计算2006年MICS的抽样误差。该模块使用Taylor线性化方法进行方差估计，用于调查估计的均值或比例。该方法在SPSS文件CSDescriptives.pdf中有详细说明，该文件位于SPSS的帮助、算法选项下。
为选定的一组统计量（所有这些都是由于Taylor线性化方法的限制而成为比例）计算了国家样本、城市和农村地区以及每个五个地区的抽样误差。对于每个统计量，估计值、其标准误差、变异系数（或相对误差 - 标准误差与估计值之比）、设计效应以及平方根设计效应（DEFT - 使用给定样本设计时的标准误差与如果使用简单随机样本将产生标准误差之比），以及95％置信区间（正负2个标准误差）。
抽样误差的详细信息在报告的抽样误差附录中呈现，并在外部资源中提供的抽样误差表中呈现。
数据评估
一系列数据质量表格和图表可用于审查数据质量，包括以下内容：
家庭人口年龄分布
符合条件的女性和访谈女性的年龄分布
符合条件的儿童和访谈的母亲或监护人的儿童的年龄分布
5岁以下儿童按3个月年龄组的年龄分布
资格边界的年龄和时期比率
选定变量缺失信息的观测值的百分比
家庭中有母亲和为5岁以下儿童问卷进行访谈的人
按单一年龄的学校出席率
儿童出生时男女性别比
根据受访者的年龄，曾出生、存活和死亡儿童的性别比
按时间间隔划分的女性分布
体重与身高、体重与年龄以及身高与年龄的散点图
男性和女性人口按单一年龄的图表
人口金字塔
每个数据质量表格的结果都在最终报告的附录中呈现，并在外部资源部分提供。
最终报告中缺失数据的呈现规则是，如果缺失数据的案例百分比达到1％或更多，则呈现缺失数据列。具有背景特征（例如教育）缺失数据的案例包括在表中，但缺失数据行被抑制，并在报告底部（而不是在SPSS输出中）注明。