NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Tabulations only Geography Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK) Coverage type Country Time period covered 09/1998 - 10/1998 Series or system Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) MICS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The North Korea Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) 1998 is part of MICS1, an international survey initiative to monitor the situation of children and women. MICS provides data for tracking progress toward Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those related to health, education and mortality. For the 1998 North Korea MICS, data was gathered from household interviews of 2,957 women of reproductive age (15-49), caretakers of 1,887 children under 7 and 2,319 children age 7-17. Keywords Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, BCG vaccines, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Children, Community health clinics, Cough, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Drug consumption, Edema, Education, Fertility, Fever, Fruits and vegetables, Goiter, Health care use, Health facilities, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hemolytic anemias, Hospitals, Immunization, Iodine deficiency, Malnutrition, Measles vaccines, Oral rehydration therapy, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, School enrollment, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional medicine, Vaccination cards, Water supply, Weight, Summary birth history, Diarrheal diseases Citation Contributors United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Government of North Korea World Food Programme (WFP) European Union (EU) Suggested citation European Union (EU), Government of North Korea, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP). North Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1998. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 12, 2023