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Laos Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006

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General Info
Provider 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2006 - 06/2006
Series or system 
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
MICS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

Part of MICS3, an international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women, covering health, education, child protection and HIV/AIDS; it includes vaccination, contraceptive use and symptoms like diarrhea, cough and fever.

Anthropometric measurements were taken for all participating women, and urine and blood samples were obtained from non-pregnant women. All children under age 5 underwent anthropomophoric measurements, and blood and stool samples were collected.

Keywords 
Analgesics, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth weight, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Child anthropometry, Child care, Child development, Child labor, Children, Community health clinics, Congestion, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disability, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Health care use, Hearing loss, Height, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis vaccines, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iodine supplements, Land ownership, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Oral rehydration therapy, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Roads, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sense organ diseases, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Urine tests, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 12, 2023