Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

Jamaica, 2011

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Reference ID

JAM_2011_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 12, 2015

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Child knows name and recognizes symbol of all numbers from 1 (EC10)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 668

Invalid: 983

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 91

End: 91

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does (name) know the name and recognize the symbol of all numbers from 1 to 10?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	465	69.6%
2	No	198	29.6%
8	DK	5	0.7%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		983

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Circle the code corresponding to the response. If parent seems hesitant, prompt with “does the child know '1'? Does the child know 2?” etc. A 'Yes' answer means that the child can recognize the symbol of all numbers from 1 to 10 while a 'No' answer means that the child can recognize less than ten or none at all.

Description

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child under five.

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