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Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Survey Design Workshop. How to Customize MICS4 Questionnaires to Countries. Session Objectives. To review criteria that should be used to determine the content of country surveys - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MICS4 Survey Design Workshop
Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop
How to Customize MICS4 Questionnaires to Countries
Session Objectives
1. To review criteria that should be used to determine the content of country surveys
2. To understand the basic rules that need to be followed during the customization/adaptation process
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Customization/Adaptation
• Necessary for at least two basic reasons:– No single country is expected or recommended to
use all of the modules in standard questionnaires– No single standard questionnaire can accurately
represent all human experience around the globe
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Customization: The Basic Rule
• Customize to country needs, but do not compromise global comparability
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• Translation– To major languages
• Customization of Modules, Questions and Response Categories – Addition– Deletion– Change/Revise
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Customizing Content (to Exclude)
• Relevance– Exclude topics which are not relevant – malaria
related modules in non-endemic countries, female genital mutilation/cutting
• Applicability– Use of the child mortality module in low mortality
settings• Overall size of questionnaires
– Optimum size – curb your enthusiasm
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Customizing Content (to Exclude)
• Priorities– Decide on priorities
• Intention– How the data will be used
• Technical considerations– Availability of data from other sources, recent or
expected, quality of data from other sources
Customizing Content (to Add)
• Adding modules/questions not part of MICS• Overall size is always an issue• Use only well tested, validated questions or modules• Need to know indicators, tabulation, analysis and use
beforehand• Ensure that the add-on modules/topics are relevant,
easily harmonized, comply with the methodology
Adapting / Customizing Questionnaires
• First, decide on the indicators
• Identify modules which collect necessary data on numerators and denominators of your indicators
• Once modules are selected assess the length of questionnaires – for obvious reasons do not overload the questionnaires
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Adapting / Customizing Questionnaires
• Remember that the inclusion/exclusion of one module or question might influence another;
• Check for all skips
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Customisation Rules
• Retain the same question numbers even if questions within the module have been excluded.– This is to assist the stage of data processing and
for having datasets which are globally comparable.
– It will also prevent skip pattern problems– It does not matter if the numbering is not
completely sequential.
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Customisation Rules
• If extra questions are added, do not assign new numbers that are already being used in the model questionnaire
• If new questions are included, assign them new numbers – if necessary, use A, B, C etc, such as HA4A, HA4B to be inserted between HA4 and HA5
• Retain Latin characters in question numbers
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Customisation Rules• Understand what response categories are attempting to
capture
• Country-specific response categories may be already there, under a different terminology
• Use the pretest to see – if changes have affected the flow of the questionnaires– if response categories are comprehensive– if translated questionnaires are working
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Customisation Rules• Be cautious about changing the ordering of modules
• If not absolutely necessary, do not change ordering of modules or questions
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Customisation Rules• It is very important that the eligibility criteria, usually
expressed in age ranges, not be changed.– Changes may result in the inability to measure the indicator
• Change can only be done to capture a wider group, e.g. asking questions about age group 2-14 rather than 2-9
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Technical support
• Share your questionnaires and plans with the Regional Office and UNICEF HQ
• The process to do this will be discussed during the workshop
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