Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed by UNICEF in the 1990s. Since then, close to 330 surveys have been implemented in over 115 countries. The sixth round of MICS has about 70 surveys, making it the largest round and includes a range of low, middle and high-income countries and many which are in post-emergency periods.  

MICS is designed to collect statistically sound, internationally comparable estimates of about 130 indicators to assess the situation of children, women and men in the areas of health, education, and child protection. MICS is a rich source of data on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), collecting about 31 SDG indicators.

 

MICS covers topics and indicators related to children’s well-being, women, and households, ranging from health and education to child protection and water and sanitation. In the most recent rounds of MICS, additional data are also collected on men. Data can be disaggregated for young people age 15-24 and by gender.