Background :

The Global MICS Programme was developed by UNICEF in the 1990s as an international multi-purpose household survey programme to support countries in collecting internationally comparable data on a wide range of indicators on the situation of children and women. MICS surveys measure key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in policies, programmes, and national development plans, and to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other internationally agreed upon commitments.

Punjab MICS, 2017-18 :

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), Punjab was carried out in 2017-18 by Bureau of Statistics, Punjab in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 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. Punjab MICS, 2017-18 is the fifth MICS in Punjab since 2004. Further information on the global MICS may be obtained from mics.unicef.org and information about Bureau of Statistics, Punjab from bos.gop.pk and pndpunjab.gov.pk.

MICS Punjab, 2017-18 is expected to contribute to the evidence base of several other important initiatives, including Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed, a global movement to end child deaths from preventable causes, and the accountability framework proposed by the Commission on Information and Accountability for the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health.

MICS Punjab, 2017-18 results are critically important for the purposes of SDG monitoring, as the survey produces information on 32 global SDG indicators.

This application is extracted information from the Survey Findings Report of Punjab MICS 2017-18. The survey provides statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for monitoring progress and developing evidence-based policies and programmes towards achieving national goals and meeting global commitments.

Objectives :

The MICS Punjab, 2017-18 has as its primary objectives:

- To provide high quality data for assessing the situation of children, adolescents, women and households in Punjab;

- To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward national goals, as a basis for future action;

- To collect disaggregated data for the identification of disparities, to inform policies aimed at social inclusion of the most vulnerable;

- To validate data from other sources and the results of focused interventions;

- To generate data on national and global SDG indicators;

- To generate internationally comparable data for the assessment of the progress made in various areas, and to put additional efforts in those areas that require more attention;

- To generate behavioral and attitudinal data not available in other data sources.