Scope: 

Kind of Data Sample survey data  [ssd]

Universe

The survey covered all de jure household members (usual residents), all women aged 15-49 years resident in the household, all children aged 0-4 years (under age 5) resident in the household and children 2 – 9 years resident in the household.

 Added Modules

 1. The Disability Module was added to the MICS IV at the request of stakeholders. There is very little information on children with disability in Belize and MICS IV presents an opportunity to address this issue. However, to make the disability module meaningful, there has to be follow-up visits by disability specialists to those children screened for disabilities to determine the actual incidence of disabilities. Only after these clinical determinations are made can information be released about children with disabilities.
2. The Life Satisfaction Module was added to the Women’s questionnaire at the request of the UNICEF Country Office Belize.
3. The Post Natal Health Checks Module was added to the Women’s Questionnaire at the request of the Ministry of Health.

Questionnaires 

Three sets of questionnaires were used in the survey: 1) a household questionnaire which was used to collect information on all de jure household members (usual residents), the household, and the dwelling; 2) a women’s questionnaire administered in each household to all women aged 15-49 years; and 3) an under-5 questionnaire, administered to mothers or caretakers for all children under 5 living in the household. The questionnaires included the following modules:

The Household Questionnaire included the following modules:

  • Household Information Panel
  • Household Listing Form
  • Education
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Household Characteristics
  • Insecticide Treated Nets
  • Child Labour
  • Child Discipline
  • Hand washing

The Questionnaire for Individual Women was administered to all women aged 15-49 years living in the households, and included the following modules:

  • Women Information Panel
  • Women’s Background
  • Child Mortality
  • Desire for Last Birth
  • Maternal and Newborn Health
  • Post Natal Health Checks
  • Illness Symptoms
  • Contraception
  • Unmet Need
  • Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence
  • Marriage/Union
  • Sexual Behaviour
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Life Satisfaction

The Questionnaire for Children Under-Five was administered to mothers or caretakers of children under 5 years of age living in the households. Normally, the questionnaire was administered to mothers of under-5 children; in cases when the mother was not listed in the household roster, a primary caretaker for the child was identified and interviewed. The  questionnaire included the following modules:

  • Under Five Information Panel
  • Age
  • Birth Registration
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Breastfeeding
  • Care of Illness
  • Immunization
  • Anthropometry

A questionnaire for Child Disability was also administered to mothers or primary caretakers of children between the ages of 2 and 9 years. This questionnaire contained two modules.

  • Child Disability Questionnaire Form
  • Child Disability

Questionnaires are based on the MICS4 model questionnaire.