MICS3 is an international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women, covering health, education, child protection and HIV/AIDS; it includes vaccination, contraceptive use and symptoms like diarrhea, cough and fever.
Name of data collection activity
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Year of Implementation
2007
Status
Completed
Frequency of Implementation
Every four years
Geographical Coverage
States Implementation
Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Edo, Ekiti, Gombo, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, FCT
Program Area
Target group/Population of Interest
Women aged 15 to 49 years, Children aged less than 5 years old
Population unit
Household, Individual
Type of data collection activity
Cross sectional survey
Sample size
26,735 households, 41114 women and children; 24,565 women, 16,549 children
Sampling procedure
The sample design was two-stage in each state, where a systematic sample of 30 census enumeration areas (EAs) was selected with equal probability to form the first stage or primary sampling units (PSUs). The updated 1991 Population Census Enumeration Area demarcation was used. Household listing was conducted in each of the selected EAs to provide an up-to-date frame of housing units (HU) as the secondary sampling units (SSUs). A systematic sample of 25 housing units was subsequently drawn with equal probability within each of the selected EAs, and all the households in each of the selected HUs were canvassed. Thus, in each state, 750 HUs were drawn yielding a total of 27,750 HUs for the country. The sample was stratified by states and was hardly self weighting at either state or national level. Hence, sample weights were used for reporting state or national results.
Data collection period
March to April 2007
Data collection tool
Household Questionnaire, Women Questionnaire, Children’s Questionnaire
Implementing organization
Collaborating organization
Funding agency
UNICEF