Improving immunization coverage and equity - technical resources
Comparing Resources
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| Resource | Demographic Health Survey (DHS), Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) |
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| Purpose | Nationally representative household survey that provides data for wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health and nutrition. |
| Content | •The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) is a nationally- representative household survey that provides data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition. The standard DHS has a large sample size and is conducted usually every 5 years, so country comparisons over time are possible. The DHS survey topics include child health, education, environmental health, family planning, gender/domestic violence, HIV prevalence, maternal health, nutrition, etc. •The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a large-scale, nationally representative household survey that collects data through standardized, face-to-face interviews with women aged 15-49 years in LMICs. The surveys include information on coverage, and data is disaggregated per demographic characteristics. The coverage data available is for BCG, Polio 1-4, DTP1-3, Measles, Hep B (Birth dose, 1-3), complete vaccination and no vaccinations at all. The demographic characteristics per which the coverage is disaggregated are: coverage per district, sex, urban/rural, mother’s education, wealth index quintile, ethnicity of household head. DHS indicators other than immunization are also potentially useful. For example, national and subnational percentages for “Assistance during delivery from skilled provider” is informative relative to administration of birth doses of vaccines. |
| Use | Does not require user input. Data is available. |
| Contraints/Limitations | •Cross-sectional data, which means only one point in time is captured. •When vaccination cards are not present, the information is collected from the mother's report. |
| Example criteria this resource could address | Coverage data disaggregated by vaccine and demographic characteristics. |
| If available, notes on the development process | DHS: in the past 5 years, 47 countries have conducted at least one, and in the past 10 years 63 countries in total. MICS: in the past 5 years, 40 countries have conducted at least one, and in the past 10 years 76 countries in total. |
| Additional Links | |
| Link to access the resource | /en/component/content/article/demographic-health-survey-dhs-multiple-indicators-cluster-survey-mics?catid=665&Itemid=101 |