Questionnaires

The questionnaires for the Kyrgyzstan MICS were structured questionnaires based on the MICS3 Model Questionnaire with some modifications and additions. A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age, relationship, and orphanhood status. The household questionnaire includes household characteristics, Household listing, Education, Water and sanitation, Household characteristics, Child labour, Child discipline, Maternal mortality, consumption of iodized salt and durability of housing.

In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered in each household for women age 15-49 and children under age five. For children, the questionnaire was administered to the mother or caretaker of the child. 

The women's questionnaire include women's characteristics, child mortality, maternal and newborn health, marriage/union, contraception, attitude toward domestic violence, sexual behavior ans HIV/AIDS knowledge.

The children's questionnaire includes children's characteristics, birth registration and early learning, child development, vitamin A, breastfeeding, immunization, treatment of illness and care and anthropometric data.

The questionnaires are based on the MICS3 model questionnaire. The English version of questionnaires
was translated into Kyrgyz and Russian languages and was pre-tested in August 2005. Based
on the results of the pre-test, modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires.

All questionnaires and modules are provided as external resources.