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Introduction
What is MICS?
UNICEF launched Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) in 1995 to monitor the status of children around the world. Over the past 25 years, this household sample has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide, and more than 330 MICS surveys have been conducted in more than 115 countries.
MICS surveys are conducted by trained fieldworkers who perform face-to-face interviews with household members on a variety of topics. MICS was a major data source for the Millennium Development Goals indicators and continues to inform more than 150 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators in support of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
MICS has been updated several times with new and improved questions. The current version, MICS6, was deployed in 2017 and is being implemented in 58 countries. MICS6 includes new modules that track SDG4 indicators related to education such as learning (SDG4.1.1), early childhood development and education (SDG4.2.1 and SDG4.2.2), information and communication technology skills (ICT – SDG4.4.1), and child functioning (child disability – SDG4.5.1), as well as parental involvement in education.
MICS6 in Nigeria
MICS was carried out in 2021 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as part of the Global MICS Programme.
Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with government funding and financial support of UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The fieldwork was carried out between September to December 2021. For all education questions, 2020-2021 school year is the school year of reference, i.e., ‘current school year’.