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Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

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General Info
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Geography 
Jamaica (JAM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2011 - 03/2011
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
MICS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Jamaica MICS was carried out in 2011 by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, with technical support from UNICEF. The Jamaica 2011 MICS is part of the fourth round of the MICS international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women. The survey covers health, education, child protection, reproductive health, sexual behavior, and HIV/AIDS knowledge.

Interviews were completed for 5,960 households. A total of 5,032 women and 1,639 children under age five were successfully interviewed.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Analgesics, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Causes of morbidity, Child care, Child development, Child health care, Child labor, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Congestion, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Health care use, Health promotion, Health status, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Immunization, Land ownership, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Measles vaccines, Medical tests, Medicines, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Nutrition, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Population characteristics, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Waste disposal, Water supply, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 12, 2023