Sub-Regional Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2007
Philippines, 2007
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PHL-NSO-MICS-2007-v1.0
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Identification
Sub-Regional Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2007
Fourth round
Name | Abbreviation |
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Philippines | PHL |
PHL-NSO-MICS-2007-v1.0
The 2007 SR-MICS is a joint undertaking of the National Statistics Office (NSO), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This is a sub-regional sample survey designed to gather information on health of Filipino children below five years old and education of those 6 years old and over. This survey also aimed to gather pertinent data on health practices of Filipino women during and after pregnancy, the extent of birth registration of Filipino children, women's knowledge of children's rights, methods of child discipline, HIV/AIDS awareness, and incidence of hunger.
The 2007 SR-MICS was administered to mothers/primary caretakers of children in households and to eligible women age 15 to 49 years to provide estimates primarily for the selected nineteen (19) provinces and five (5) key cities identified as areas for the Sixth Country Programme for Children (CPC-6). As the UNICEF focuses its activities in these provinces and cities in cooperation with the Philippine Government, the UNICEF Country Office needs reliable baseline data on key indicators.
This survey is basically aimed at generating social and health indicators that will serve as baseline data for the midterm review of the CPC-6 and will be utilized as basis for the redesigning of the program, if necessary. The results of the 2007 SR-MICS will also be used to assess the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the CPC-6 areas.
Specifically, the survey collects information on the following:
a. demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the members of the householb
b. working children
c. maternal and child health, such as:
- prenatal care of women 15 to 49 years old with surviving child 0 to 23 months old
- breastfeeding practices of these women
- immunization of children born in the two years prior to the survey
d. birth registration of children below 5 years old
e. vitamin A and iron supplementation of children 6 to 59 months old
f. antihelmintics coverage among children 2 to 4 years old
g. knowledge of the rights of children and of ways to discipline them
h. HIV/AIDS awareness
i. incidence of hunger among women 15 to 49 years old.
The 2007 SR-MICS was administered to mothers/primary caretakers of children in households and to eligible women age 15 to 49 years to provide estimates primarily for the selected nineteen (19) provinces and five (5) key cities identified as areas for the Sixth Country Programme for Children (CPC-6). As the UNICEF focuses its activities in these provinces and cities in cooperation with the Philippine Government, the UNICEF Country Office needs reliable baseline data on key indicators.
This survey is basically aimed at generating social and health indicators that will serve as baseline data for the midterm review of the CPC-6 and will be utilized as basis for the redesigning of the program, if necessary. The results of the 2007 SR-MICS will also be used to assess the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the CPC-6 areas.
Specifically, the survey collects information on the following:
a. demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the members of the householb
b. working children
c. maternal and child health, such as:
- prenatal care of women 15 to 49 years old with surviving child 0 to 23 months old
- breastfeeding practices of these women
- immunization of children born in the two years prior to the survey
d. birth registration of children below 5 years old
e. vitamin A and iron supplementation of children 6 to 59 months old
f. antihelmintics coverage among children 2 to 4 years old
g. knowledge of the rights of children and of ways to discipline them
h. HIV/AIDS awareness
i. incidence of hunger among women 15 to 49 years old.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Individual women 15-49 years old
Children under 5 five years old
Individual women 15-49 years old
Children under 5 five years old
Version
v1.1, edited data, first version, for internal use only
2010-03
Coverage
Selected Province and Cities
The following were the covered cities and provinces:
CITIES:
1. Manila
2. Quezon City
3. Pasay City
4. Cebu City
5. Davao City
PROVINCES: :
1. Isabela
2. Aurora
3. Camarines Norte
4. Masbate
5. Mountain Province
6. Antique
7. Capiz
8. Guimaras
9. Negros Oriental
10. Eastern Samar
11. Northern Samar
12. Zamboanga del Norte
13. Bukidnon
14. Sarangani
15. Sultan Kudarat
16. North Cotabato
17. Agusan del Sur
18. Maguindanao
19. Sulu
The following were the covered cities and provinces:
CITIES:
1. Manila
2. Quezon City
3. Pasay City
4. Cebu City
5. Davao City
PROVINCES: :
1. Isabela
2. Aurora
3. Camarines Norte
4. Masbate
5. Mountain Province
6. Antique
7. Capiz
8. Guimaras
9. Negros Oriental
10. Eastern Samar
11. Northern Samar
12. Zamboanga del Norte
13. Bukidnon
14. Sarangani
15. Sultan Kudarat
16. North Cotabato
17. Agusan del Sur
18. Maguindanao
19. Sulu
Province, City
Households
Individual women 15-49 years old
Children under 5 five years old
Individual women 15-49 years old
Children under 5 five years old
The survey covered all household members (usual residents), all women aged 15-49 years old resident in the household, and all children aged 0-4 years (under age 5) resident in the household in the areas identified in the geographic coverage.
Producers and sponsors
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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United Nations Children’s Fund | United Nations |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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United Nations Children’s Fund | UNICEF |
Name | Affiliation | Role | |
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Ms. Erlinda Capones, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) | Philippine government | Chairman, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Carmelita Ericta, National Statistics Office (NSO) | National Economic and Development Authority | Member, Steering Committee | |
Dr. Nicholas Alipui, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | United Nations | Member, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Cleofe Pastrana, NEDA | Philippine government | Member, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Socorro Abejo, NSO | NEDA | Member, Steering Committee and Technical Coordinator | |
Ms. Benedicta Yabut, NSO | NEDA | Member, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Lina Castro, National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) | NEDA | Member, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Rene Dona, United Nations Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA) | United Nations | Member, Steering Committee | |
Ms. Frederic Unterreiner, UNICEF | United Nations | Member, Steering Committee | |
Mr. Augusto Rodriguez, UNICEF | United Nations | Member, Steering Committee and Technical Coordinator |
Sampling
The sample for the Philippines Sub-Regional Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (SR-MICS) was designed to provide estimates on a large number of indicators on the situation of children and women for the 24 selected provinces and cities covered by the Sixth CPC (CPC-6). These 24 provinces and cities were considered as the main sampling domains, and the sample was selected using a stratified multi-stage sampling design. A Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) was defined as a barangay or a group of contiguous barangays with at least 500 households. Large PSUs were selected with certainty.
For each sampled PSU, one enumeration area (EA) was selected with probability proportional to the total number of households, after which a sample of housing units was selected with equal probability. In each housing unit, all households were selected provided that the number of households did not exceed three. In cases where there were more than three households in a housing unit, three households were chosen at random. In the case of PSUs selected with certainty, samples of EA were selected with probability proportional to the number of households, and housing units were selected with equal probability. In each housing unit, all households were selected provided that the number of households did not exceed three. In cases where there were more than three households in a housing unit, three households were chosen at random. Prior to the selection of housing units, an updating operation was performed on the list of housing units/households in each selected EA. The number of housing units selected was determined so that the sample design is self-weighting at the domain level.
For each sampled PSU, one enumeration area (EA) was selected with probability proportional to the total number of households, after which a sample of housing units was selected with equal probability. In each housing unit, all households were selected provided that the number of households did not exceed three. In cases where there were more than three households in a housing unit, three households were chosen at random. In the case of PSUs selected with certainty, samples of EA were selected with probability proportional to the number of households, and housing units were selected with equal probability. In each housing unit, all households were selected provided that the number of households did not exceed three. In cases where there were more than three households in a housing unit, three households were chosen at random. Prior to the selection of housing units, an updating operation was performed on the list of housing units/households in each selected EA. The number of housing units selected was determined so that the sample design is self-weighting at the domain level.
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Of the 48,402 households originally selected for the sample, 42,882 were found to be occupied and eligible for the survey. Of these, 41,511 households were successfully interviewed, giving a household response rate of 96.8 percent. These households contained 48,963 women in the age group of interest (15-49), of whom 47,376 (96.8%) were successfully interviewed. Questionnaires were also completed for 20,490 children under the age of five.
Calculation of Sample Weights
The overall survey weight that will be associated with each observation is made up of three components, namely: w1 - the base weight, which is defined as the inverse of selection probabilities; w2 - the weight to adjust for non-response, defined
as the inverse of the weighted response rate in the identified non-response adjustment cell; and, w3.12 - the post-stratification weight. The final survey weight, denoted by wi, is defined as
wi = w1 X w2.1 X w3.12
For more detailed discussion on weighting, please refer to the attached SR-MICS 2007 Final Report (filename SR-MICS2007 Part 2.pdf - page 90).
The overall survey weight that will be associated with each observation is made up of three components, namely: w1 - the base weight, which is defined as the inverse of selection probabilities; w2 - the weight to adjust for non-response, defined
as the inverse of the weighted response rate in the identified non-response adjustment cell; and, w3.12 - the post-stratification weight. The final survey weight, denoted by wi, is defined as
wi = w1 X w2.1 X w3.12
For more detailed discussion on weighting, please refer to the attached SR-MICS 2007 Final Report (filename SR-MICS2007 Part 2.pdf - page 90).
Data Collection
Start | End | Cycle |
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2007-02-12 | 2007-03-02 |
face-to-face [f2f] interview
In each selected administrative region, the Regional Director (RD) is the Regional Coordinator; the Provincial Statistics Officer (PSO) is the Provincial Coordinator; and Provincial Statistician is the Provincial Supervisor; and selected Statisticians, District Statistical Officers (DSO's), Statistical Coordination Officers (SCOs), and in the event that manpower is not sufficient, the hired Supervisors, served as team suprvisors.
The Regional Directors and Provincial Statistics Officers acted as the overall field coordinators/supervisors in their regional and provincial areas of jurisdictions. For each SR-MICS province, a Provincial Statistician was designated as the Provincial Supervisor or overall supervisor of all interviewing teams in the province. Detailed duties and responsibilities of the RDs and PSOs were discussed during the two levels of training using the Field Operation Manual and for Provincial Supervisors, Supervisor's Manual.
Moreover, regular staff from the Provincial Office-District Statistics Officer (DSO), Statistical Coordination Officer (SCO), or other Statistical staff-were selected as Team Supervisors (TSs). For provinces with insufficient number of regular staff to meet the required number of TSs, hiring of SR to act as TS was allowed provided the guidelines for selecting TS from the hired SRs in Section 4.3.1 was followed.
The 2007 SR-MICS is a joint undertaking of the NSO, the NEDA, and the UNICEF. The NSO is primarily tasked to implement the survey. On behalf of the NSO Administrator, the Director of the Household Statistics Department (HSD) is in charge of the overall conduct of the survey.
As interviewers for the 2007 SR-MICS you are part of the survey organization. You will be supervised directly by a team supervisor and by the Provincial Statistics Officers (PSOs), Provincial Statisticians, and NSO Central Office Statisticians.
All matters pertaining to the 2007 SR-MICS, be it technical, financial or administrative in nature, are supervised and coordinated by the HSD.
In addition, the use of different forms aside from the main three forms were used to facilitate and monitor the quality of data being collected.
The Regional Directors and Provincial Statistics Officers acted as the overall field coordinators/supervisors in their regional and provincial areas of jurisdictions. For each SR-MICS province, a Provincial Statistician was designated as the Provincial Supervisor or overall supervisor of all interviewing teams in the province. Detailed duties and responsibilities of the RDs and PSOs were discussed during the two levels of training using the Field Operation Manual and for Provincial Supervisors, Supervisor's Manual.
Moreover, regular staff from the Provincial Office-District Statistics Officer (DSO), Statistical Coordination Officer (SCO), or other Statistical staff-were selected as Team Supervisors (TSs). For provinces with insufficient number of regular staff to meet the required number of TSs, hiring of SR to act as TS was allowed provided the guidelines for selecting TS from the hired SRs in Section 4.3.1 was followed.
The 2007 SR-MICS is a joint undertaking of the NSO, the NEDA, and the UNICEF. The NSO is primarily tasked to implement the survey. On behalf of the NSO Administrator, the Director of the Household Statistics Department (HSD) is in charge of the overall conduct of the survey.
As interviewers for the 2007 SR-MICS you are part of the survey organization. You will be supervised directly by a team supervisor and by the Provincial Statistics Officers (PSOs), Provincial Statisticians, and NSO Central Office Statisticians.
All matters pertaining to the 2007 SR-MICS, be it technical, financial or administrative in nature, are supervised and coordinated by the HSD.
In addition, the use of different forms aside from the main three forms were used to facilitate and monitor the quality of data being collected.
As the 2007 SR-MICS questionnaire is printed in English, translation guides for six (6) major dialects, Tagalog, Bicol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, and Waray are prepared to help interviewers collect information from respondents who are more comfortable to be interviewed in these dialects.
Three questionnaires were used for the 2007 MICS namely:
1. SR-MICS Form 1 - Listing Form
2. SR-MICS Form 2 - Household Questionnaire
3. SR-MICS Form 3 - Individual Woman's Questionnaire
Specifically, SR-MICS Form 1 is a questionnaire that gathers information on the following:
Name of Household Head
Address
SR-MICS Form 2 is a questionnaire that seeks to gather information on the following:
Module A - Household Membership
Module B - Economic
Module C - Education
Module D - Working Children
Module E - Socio-Economic
Module F - Salt Iodization
The Household Questionnaire was prepared in English. A Tagalog translation guide was also prepared.
SR-MICS Form 3, on the other hand, measure the functional literacy level of household members 10 to 64 years old regardless of their educational attainment.
The Individual Questionnaire, being a self-administered questionnaire, was translated into 26 dialects in order for the respondents to understand the questions asked. The dialects for FLEMMS Form 2 are listed below:
Module A - Maternal and Child Health
Module B - Birth Registration
Module C - Vitamin A
Module D - Antihelmintics
Module E - Children's Rights and Child Discipline
Module F - HIV/AIDS
Module G - Hunger
Some of the usual MICS topics were not included in this SR-MICS because they had been covered adequately in other recent surveys. For instance, no anthropometric data were collected, because the 2005 Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) survey had covered this area extensively. In contrast, some topics from the earlier global rounds of MICS that had been dropped (e.g. child rights) were retained and some new topics such as the measurement of hunger and antihelminthics (deworming) were included, since they were of particular interest to the Philippines. For some other
topics (such as child discipline and HIV and AIDS) the methodology used differed slightly from that recommended in the MICS 3 manual.
Separate questionnaires were not prepared in any of the Filipino languages. Instead, detailed translation guides for each question were included as an appendix to the Interviewer’s Manual in six different languages: Tagalog, Bicol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, and Waray.
Various pre-tests were carried out: the first was a one-day pre-test in Sampaloc, Manila in August 2006; the second, a two-day pre-test in San Pablo City, Laguna in September, at which time questions in Tagalog were tested; the third, a two-day pre-test in Cebu City, Davao City, Antique, Eastern Samar and Isabela in early October , when questions in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray and Ilocano were tested; and the fourth a one-week pretest in Sampaloc, Manila towards the end of October, when the listing and enumeration processes were tested. Based on the results of the first three pretests,
modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires. The fourth pre-test was done to test the sampling methodology of list and enumerate. However, it was determined that the listing should be conducted independently prior to sample selection and enumeration.
Below are copies of the final SR-MICS questionnaires for the Philippines.
Three questionnaires were used for the 2007 MICS namely:
1. SR-MICS Form 1 - Listing Form
2. SR-MICS Form 2 - Household Questionnaire
3. SR-MICS Form 3 - Individual Woman's Questionnaire
Specifically, SR-MICS Form 1 is a questionnaire that gathers information on the following:
Name of Household Head
Address
SR-MICS Form 2 is a questionnaire that seeks to gather information on the following:
Module A - Household Membership
Module B - Economic
Module C - Education
Module D - Working Children
Module E - Socio-Economic
Module F - Salt Iodization
The Household Questionnaire was prepared in English. A Tagalog translation guide was also prepared.
SR-MICS Form 3, on the other hand, measure the functional literacy level of household members 10 to 64 years old regardless of their educational attainment.
The Individual Questionnaire, being a self-administered questionnaire, was translated into 26 dialects in order for the respondents to understand the questions asked. The dialects for FLEMMS Form 2 are listed below:
Module A - Maternal and Child Health
Module B - Birth Registration
Module C - Vitamin A
Module D - Antihelmintics
Module E - Children's Rights and Child Discipline
Module F - HIV/AIDS
Module G - Hunger
Some of the usual MICS topics were not included in this SR-MICS because they had been covered adequately in other recent surveys. For instance, no anthropometric data were collected, because the 2005 Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) survey had covered this area extensively. In contrast, some topics from the earlier global rounds of MICS that had been dropped (e.g. child rights) were retained and some new topics such as the measurement of hunger and antihelminthics (deworming) were included, since they were of particular interest to the Philippines. For some other
topics (such as child discipline and HIV and AIDS) the methodology used differed slightly from that recommended in the MICS 3 manual.
Separate questionnaires were not prepared in any of the Filipino languages. Instead, detailed translation guides for each question were included as an appendix to the Interviewer’s Manual in six different languages: Tagalog, Bicol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, and Waray.
Various pre-tests were carried out: the first was a one-day pre-test in Sampaloc, Manila in August 2006; the second, a two-day pre-test in San Pablo City, Laguna in September, at which time questions in Tagalog were tested; the third, a two-day pre-test in Cebu City, Davao City, Antique, Eastern Samar and Isabela in early October , when questions in Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray and Ilocano were tested; and the fourth a one-week pretest in Sampaloc, Manila towards the end of October, when the listing and enumeration processes were tested. Based on the results of the first three pretests,
modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires. The fourth pre-test was done to test the sampling methodology of list and enumerate. However, it was determined that the listing should be conducted independently prior to sample selection and enumeration.
Below are copies of the final SR-MICS questionnaires for the Philippines.
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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National Statistics Office | NSO | National Economic and Development Authority |
Data Processing
Data processing involves two stages: manual processing and machine processing.
Manual processing is done at the field offices. This is the general review of the questionnaires. This process includes the folioing of the questionnaires, completeness and consistency checking of the responses, editing and coding of responses. This is done prior to machine processing.
Manual processing is done at the field offices. This is the general review of the questionnaires. This process includes the folioing of the questionnaires, completeness and consistency checking of the responses, editing and coding of responses. This is done prior to machine processing.
Data access
Name | Affiliation | URI | |
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Chief, Databank and Information Services Division | National Statistics Office | info@census.gov.ph | www.census.gov.ph |
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Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Any report, paper or similar articles, whether published or not, emanating from the use of this data shall give appropriate acknowledgement as suggested herein, “(Title of Census/Survey, version number and date), National Statistics Office, Manila, Philippines”, as the source of basic data. The data user or client is encouraged to provide NSO with a copy of such report, paper or article. It is understood that unless expressly allowed by the client, such report, paper or article shall not be used for any purpose other than monitoring.
Disclaimer and copyrights
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The data user acknowledges that any available intellectual property rights, including copyright in the data are owned by the National Statistics Office.
contacts
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Chief, Databank and Information Services Division | National Statistics Office | info@census.gov.ph | www.census.gov.ph |