Thursday, November 20, 2008

MICS1 Programme Directive

This is very interesting. A "Programme Directive" was sent out by Kul Gautam on 28 April 1995, then Director of Programme Division at UNICEF New York (Kul was Deputy Executive Director before he retired last year), to all countries who intended to conduct MICS1 surveys. The document can be found here (if you have access to the UNICEF Intranet).
For non-UNICEF visitors of the blog, here are the main points in the document:
  1. More attention needs to be given to the MICS Manual (then, the 'Handbook')
  2. Getting sub-national estimates will greatly increase the cost and complexity of the survey
  3. Expert sampling advice needs to be sought
  4. Good training is essential
  5. Two surveys should not be carried out within two years (conceding that the previous recommendation on this was not realistic)
  6. Adherence to the wording in questionnaire modules is important
The document is fun to read, in many ways. See if there is anything we would not agree in Kul's diagnoses and recommendations, in 2008, after 13 years.



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