Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018

Suriname, 2018

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SUR_2018_MICS_v01_M

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Ministry of Social Affairs and Public Housing, United Nations Children’s Fund

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UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Mothers or primary caretakers of children 5-17: The survey was administered to all available mothers (or caretakers) in each household and collected at the individual level. Contents include: Child's Background, Child's Labour, Child Discipline, Child Functioning, Parental Involvement and Foundational Learning Skills.

Cases:	4329
Variables:	281

Variables

HH1

HH2

Household number

LN

FS1

FS2

Household number

FSINT

Interviewer number

FS3

Child's line number

FS4

Mother / caretaker's line number

FS5

Interviewer number

FS6

Supervisor's number

FS7D

Day of interview

FS7M

Month of interview

FS7Y

Year of interview

FS9

First interview with this respondent

FS10

FS17

Result of interview for children 5-17

FS8H

Start of interview - hour

FS8M

Start of interview - minutes

FS11H

End of interview - hour

FS11M

End of interview - minutes

FS13

Language of the interview

FS14

Native language of the respondent

FS15

Translator used

FSHINT

Household interviewer

CB2M

Month of birth of child

CB2Y

Year of birth of child

CB3

CB4

Ever attended school or early childhood programme

CB5A

Highest level of education attended

CB5B

Highest grade attended at that level

CB6

Ever completed that grade/year

CB7

Attended school or early childhood programme during current school year

CB8A

Level of education attended current school year

CB8B

Grade of education attended current school year

CB9

Attended school or early childhood programme during previous school year

CB10A

Level of education attended previous school year

CB10B

Grade of education attended previous school year

CB11

Covered by any health insurance

CB12B

Health insurance - health insurance through employer

CB12C

Health insurance - social security

CB12D

Health insurance - other privately purchased commercial health insurance

CB12X

Health insurance - other

CB12NR

Health insurance - missing

CL1A

Worked or helped on garden in past week

CL1B

Helped in family business in past week

CL1C

Produced or sold articles in past week

CL1X

Engaged in any other activity for income in past week

CL3

Hours worked in past week

CL4

Activities required carrying heavy loads

CL5

Activities required working with dangerous tools or heavy machinery

CL6A

Description of work: exposed to dust, fumes, or gas

CL6B

Description of work: exposed to extreme temperatures or humidity

CL6C

Description of work: exposed to loud noise or vibration

CL6D

Description of work: required to work at heights

CL6E

Description of work: required to work with chemicals

CL6X

Description of work: exposed to other

CL7

Fetched water in past week

CL8

Hours spent fetching water in past week

CL9

Collected firewood in past week

CL10

Hours spent collecting firewood in past week

CL11A

Household chores in past week: shopping

CL11B

Household chores in past week: cooking

CL11C

Household chores in past week: washing dishes or cleaning around the house

CL11D

Household chores in past week: washing clothes

CL11E

Household chores in past week: caring for children

CL11F

Household chores in past week: caring for old or sick

CL11X

Household chores in past week: other household tasks

CL13

Number of hours engaged in past week

FCD2A

Took away privileges

FCD2B

Explained why behaviour was wrong

FCD2C

FCD2D

Shouted, yelled or screamed at child

FCD2E

Gave child something else to do

FCD2F

Spanked, hit or slapped child on bottom with bare hand

FCD2G

Hit child on the bottom or elsewhere with belt, brush, stick, etc.

FCD2H

Called child dumb, lazy or another name

FCD2I

Hit or slapped child on the face, head or ears

FCD2J

Hit or slapped child on the hand, arm or leg

FCD2K

Beat child up as hard as one could

FCD5

Child needs to be physically punished to be brought up properly

FCF1

Child wear glasses or contact lenses

FCF2

Child uses hearing aid

FCF3

Child uses any equipment or receive assistance for walking

FCF6

Child has difficulty seeing

FCF8

Child has difficulty hearing sounds like people voices or music

FCF10

Without using equipment or assistance child has difficulty walking 100 meters

FCF11

Without using equipment or assistance child has difficulty walking 500 meters

FCF12

When using equipment or assistance child has difficulty walking 100 meters

FCF13

When using equipment or assistance child has difficulty walking 500 meters

FCF14

Compared with children of the same age, child has difficulty walking 100 meters

FCF15

Compared with children of the same age, child has difficulty walking 500 meters

FCF16

Child has difficulty with self-care such as feeding or dressing

FCF17

Child has difficulty being understood by people inside of this household

FCF18

Child has difficulty being understood by people outside of this household

FCF19

Compared with children of the same age, child has difficulty learning things

FCF20

Compared with children of the same age, child has difficulty remembering things

FCF21

Child has difficulty concentrating on an activity that he/she enjoys

FCF22

Child has difficulty accepting changes in his/her routine

FCF23

Compared with children of the same age, child have difficulty controlling his/her behaviour

FCF24

Child has difficulty making friends

FCF25

How often child seems very anxious, nervous or worried

FCF26

How often child seems very sad or depressed

PR3

Number of children's books or picture books for child

PR5

Child ever had homework

PR6

Anyone helps child with homework

PR7

School have a school governing body in which parents can participate

PR8

Attended a pta / smc meeting in the last 12 months

PR9A

At meeting - discussed a plan for addressing key education isses faced by child's school

PR9B

At meeting - discussed school budget or use of unds received by child's school

PR10

In the last 12 months - received a student or student report card

PR11A

In the last 12 months gone to school for - a school assembly, a school celebration or a sport event

PR11B

In the last 12 months gone to school for - to discuss child's progress with child's teachers

PR12A

In the last 12 months school closed due to - natural disasters

PR12B

In the last 12 months school closed due to - man made disasters

PR12C

In the last 12 months school closed due to - teacher strike or teacher absenteesim

PR12X

In the last 12 months school closed due to - any other reasons

PR13

In the last 12 months, child was unable to attend class due to teacher being absent

PR15

Contacted the school officials or school governing bodies when this happened

FL1

FL2H

Start of interview with child - hour

FL2M

Start of interview with child - minutes

FL3

FL4A

You are not alone with the child unless they are at least visible to an adult known to the child

FL4B

You have engaged the child in conversation and built rapport e.G. Using an icebreaker

FL4C

The child is sat comfortably, able to use the reading & numbers book without difficulty while you can see which page is open

FL6A

Child read books

FL6B

Someone read books to child

FL7

Language child speaks most of the time at home

FL9

Language teacher use most of the time when teaching child in class

FL10

Like to read story

FL13

Giving the child book - manual introduction

FL14

Child read every word in the practice correctly

FL15

Reading done: how old is sam?

FL16

Fl16: sam is 5 years old

FL17

Another question: who is older: sam or tina

FL18

Fl18: tina is older than sam. Tina is 6 and sam is 5.

FLINTRO

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FL19W2

FL19W3

FL19W4

FL19W5

FL19W6

FL19W7

FL19W8

FL19W9

FL19W10

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FL19W13

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FL19W16

FL19W17

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FL19W21

FL19W22

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FL19W26

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FL19W28

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FL19W30

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FL19W35

FL19W36

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FL19W39

FL19W40

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FL19W44

FL19W45

FL19W46

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FL19W48

FL19W49

FL19W50

FL19W51

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FL19W59

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FL19W65

FL19W66

FL19W67

FL19W68

FL19W69

FL19W70

FL19W71

FL19W72

FL19W73

FL19W74

FL19W75

FL19W76

FL19W77

FL19W78

FL19W79

FL20A

Total number of words attempted

FL20B

Total number of words incorrect or missed

FL21

How well did child read the story

FL22A

Story comprehension: 1 (what class is paul in)

FL22B

Story comprehension: 2 (what did paul see on the way home)

FL22C

Story comprehension: 3 (why did paul start crying)

FL22D

Story comprehension: 4 (where did paul fall (down))

FL22E

Story comprehension: 5 (why was paul happy)

FL23A

Child recognizes symbol: 9

FL23B

Child recognizes symbol: 12

FL23C

Child recognizes symbol: 30

FL23D

Child recognizes symbol: 48

FL23E

Child recognizes symbol: 74

FL23F

Child recognizes symbol: 731

FL24A

Child identities bigger of two numbers: 7-5

FL24B

Child identities bigger of two numbers: 11-24

FL24C

Child identities bigger of two numbers: 58-49

FL24D

Child identities bigger of two numbers: 65-67

FL24E

Child identities bigger of two numbers: 146-154

FL25A

Child adds numbers correctly: 3+2

FL25B

Child adds numbers correctly: 8+6

FL25C

Child adds numbers correctly: 7+3

FL25D

Child adds numbers correctly: 13+6

FL25E

Child adds numbers correctly: 12+24

FL26

FL27A

Child identifies next number: 5-6-7-x

FL27B

Child identifies next number: 14-15-x-17

FL27C

Child identifies next number: 20-x-40-50

FL27D

Child identifies next number: 2-4-6-x

FL27E

Child identifies next number: 5-8-11-x

FL27_shift

Shift on variable fl27

FL28

Result of interview with selected child (7-14 years)

HH6

HH7

HH52

Number of children age 5-17

HH3

Interviewer number

HH4

Supervisor number

HL4

ED5A

Highest level of education attended

ED5B

Highest grade attended at that level

FSAGE

FSDOI

Date of interview child 5-17 (cmc)

FSDOB

Date of birth of child 5-17 (cmc)

caretakerdis

Mother's functional disabilities (age 18-49 years)

fsweight

Children 5-17's sample weight

fshweight

Children 5-17's household sample weight

fselevel

fsinsurance

Health insurance

fsdisability

Functional difficulties

melevel

Mother's education

schage

Age at beginning of school year

ethnicity

Ethnicity of household head

HHCHILDREN

Household with or without children in the listing

wscore

Combined wealth score

windex5

Wealth index quintile

windex10

Percentile group of com1

wscoreu

Urban wealth score

windex5u

Urban wealth index quintile

windex10u

Percentile group of urb1

wscorerc

Rural coastal wealth score

windex5rc

Rural coastal wealth index quintile

windex10rc

Percentile group of rurcoastal1

wscoreri

Rural interior wealth score

windex5ri

Rural interior wealth index quintile

windex10ri

Percentile group of rurinterior1

Total: 281

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