Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000 - Tajikistan

Abstract
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The 2000 Tajikistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a nationally representative survey of households, women, and children.
Its primary objectives are:
· To provide up-to-date information for assessing the situation of children and women in Tajikistan at the end of the decade and for planning for the next decade;
· To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established at the World Summit for Children and a basis for future action;
· To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Tajikistan and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.

Geographic coverage
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National

Analysis unit
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Household, Women, Children.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The sample for the Tajikistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was designed to provide estimates of health indicators at the national and urban-rural levels. The sample was selected in two stages. At the first stage census enumeration areas were selected with probability proportional to size. The standard segment size was 500, the total number of standard segments was 12430. The sampling interval was 80, and 155 primary sampling units or clusters of 24 households each were selected. Within the selected enumeration areas, a household listing was carried out, and a systematic sample of 3720 households, in 155 clusters of 24 was drawn. The sample was selfweighting.

The data in this report is presented broken down by Dushanbe (the capital), Khatlon, Leninabad, Rayon of Republican Subordination (RRS) and Gorno Badakhshan (GBAO), but it should be noted that due to smaller sample sizes the findings are less statistically reliable for these regions.

Full technical details of the sample are included in Appendix A of the report.

When fieldwork began, due to the security situation in the Garm Valley, part of the Rayon of Republican Subordination, two clusters were deemed to be too dangerous for interviewers. Two replacement clusters were selected from the list of clusters, using the rule of selecting directly below those initially selected.

In addition, an outbreak of anthrax in the Kurgan-Tube zone of Khatlon province lead to a replacement of another cluster, using the same method.

Although the sample size calculations called for 24 households per cluster, 28 households were selected. Selection was done using the household listing provided by the jamoat and/or the SSA. At least three callback visits were made to each of the first 24 households, before moving to the additional four households selected. Due to the fact that jamoats keep comprehensive and up-to-date household listings, the use of replacement households was not necessary in rural areas, and was rarely necessary in urban areas.

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

Research instrument
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The questionnaires for the Tajikistan MICS were based on the MICS 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, literacy, marital status, and orphanhood status. The household questionnaire also includes education, child labor, water and sanitation, and salt iodization modules. 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 questionnaire for women contains the following modules:
Child mortality
Maternal and newborn health
Contraceptive use
HIV/AIDS

The questionnaire for children under age five includes modules on:
Birth registration and early learning
Breastfeeding
Care of Illness
Malaria
Immunization

Modifications were made to adjust to the Tajikistan context. For education, only children from seven years of age and older were asked about school enrollment and attendance, as primary school begins at this age. As the survey took place in the summer months, the questions on school attendance in the education module were modified accordingly. The child labour module was changed to include children of 15 as Tajikistan law prohibits 15 year-olds from working.

From the MICS model English version, the questionnaires were translated into two languages: Russian and Tajik. The questionnaires were pretested in July 2000 in Dushanbe. Based on the results of the pretest and discussion in the training session for interviewers, modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires.

Cleaning operations
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Data were entered on ten computers using the ISSA software. Once data entry was completed, files were copied onto discs and combined on the supervisor's computer where consistency checks and analysis were completed. In order to ensure quality control, all questionnaires were double entered and internal consistency checks were performed. Procedures and standard programs developed under MICS and adapted to the Tajikistan questionnaire were used throughout. Data processing began in August 2000 and finished in September 2000.

Response rate
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Of the 3720 households selected for the Tajikistan MICS sample, 3720 were successfully interviewed for a household response rate of 100 percent (Table 1). This perfect response rate is explained by the fact that for each cluster 28 households were selected, with the first 24 being approached. If any of the first 24 households were not available, a replacement household was taken from the last four of the 28 selected. In rural areas, where local jamoats keep excellent household listings, replacement was not practiced. In urban areas, replacement was still infrequent, but occasionally necessary. In the interviewed households, 6282 eligible women aged 15-49 were identified. Of these, 6206 were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 98.8 percent. In addition, 3560 children under age five were listed in the household questionnaire. Of these, questionnaires were completed for 3535 children for a response rate of 99.3 percent.

摘要
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2000年塔吉克斯坦多指标聚类调查（MICS）是一项针对全国范围内的家庭、女性和儿童的代表性调查。
其首要目标是：
· 提供关于塔吉克斯坦在世纪末儿童和女性状况的最新信息，并为下一个十年的规划提供依据；
· 提供监测世界儿童峰会设定的目标进展所需的数据，并为未来的行动奠定基础；
· 为塔吉克斯坦的数据和监测系统的改进作出贡献，并加强其在系统设计、实施和分析方面的技术专长。
地理覆盖范围
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全国
分析单位
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家庭、女性、儿童。
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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塔吉克斯坦多指标聚类调查（MICS）的样本设计旨在为国家及城乡各级提供健康指标的估计。样本分为两个阶段选取。在第一阶段，按规模比例抽样选择人口普查区域，标准段规模为500，总共有12430个标准段。抽样间隔为80，共选择了155个初级抽样单位或由24个家庭组成的集群。在选定的普查区域内，进行了家庭清单编制，并在155个由24个家庭组成的集群中抽取了3720个家庭作为系统样本。样本是自我加权的。
本报告中的数据按杜尚别（首都）、花剌子模、列宁纳巴德、共和国隶属地区（RRS）和戈尔诺-巴达赫尚（GBAO）进行细分，但应注意的是，由于样本量较小，这些地区的发现结果在统计学上可靠性较低。
报告附录A中包含了样本的完整技术细节。
当实地调查开始时，由于加尔姆山谷的安保情况，共和隶属地区的部分区域被认为对采访者过于危险，因此有两个集群被认为过于危险。从集群列表中选择了两个替换集群，按照在最初选定的集群下方直接选择的规则进行选择。
此外，花剌子模省库尔干-图地区发生炭疽疫情，导致另一个集群采用相同的方法进行了替换。
尽管样本量计算需要每个集群有24个家庭，但选择了28个家庭。选择使用由贾马特和/或SSA提供家庭清单进行。在前24个家庭中，至少进行了三次回访，然后转向额外选择的四个家庭。由于贾马特保留了全面和最新的家庭清单，因此在农村地区不需要使用替换家庭，在城市地区也很少需要。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]
研究工具
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塔吉克斯坦MICS的调查问卷基于MICS模型问卷，并进行了一些修改和补充。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、读写能力、婚姻状况和孤儿状况。家庭问卷还包括教育、童工、水和卫生以及食盐碘化模块。除了家庭问卷外，还为15-49岁的女性和5岁以下的儿童进行了问卷。对于儿童，问卷由母亲或照顾者填写。
女性问卷包含以下模块：
儿童死亡率
母婴健康
避孕药具使用
HIV/AIDS
5岁以下儿童问卷包含以下模块：
出生登记和早期学习
母乳喂养
疾病护理
疟疾
免疫
为了适应塔吉克斯坦的国情，进行了修改。在教育方面，只有7岁及以上的儿童被问及入学和出勤情况，因为小学从这个年龄开始。由于调查在夏季进行，教育模块中关于出勤的问题相应进行了修改。童工模块改为包括15岁及以下的儿童，因为塔吉克斯坦法律禁止15岁以下的儿童工作。
从MICS的英文版本中，问卷被翻译成了两种语言：俄语和塔吉克语。问卷于2000年7月在杜尚别进行了预测试。根据预测试结果和培训会议中的讨论，对问卷的文字和翻译进行了修改。
数据清理操作
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使用ISSA软件在十台计算机上录入数据。数据录入完成后，文件被复制到磁盘上，并在监督者的计算机上合并，以进行一致性检查和分析。为了确保质量控制，所有问卷都进行了双录入，并进行了内部一致性检查。在整个过程中使用了MICS下开发并针对塔吉克斯坦问卷进行调整的程序和标准程序。数据处理始于2000年8月，并于9月完成。
应答率
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在塔吉克斯坦MICS样本中选出的3720个家庭中，所有家庭都成功接受了访谈，家庭应答率为100%（见表1）。这个完美的应答率可以用每个集群选择了28个家庭，其中前24个被接触到的解释。如果前24个家庭中的任何一个不可用，则从最后四个选定的28个家庭中选择一个替换家庭。在农村地区，由于当地贾马特保留了优秀的家庭清单，因此没有实行替换。在城市地区，替换仍很少见，但偶尔需要。在访谈的家庭中，确定了6282名符合条件的15-49岁女性。其中，6206人成功接受了访谈，应答率为98.8%。此外，家庭问卷中列出了3560名5岁以下的儿童。其中，为3535名儿童完成了问卷，应答率为99.3%。