MICS TABULATOR DATA HARMONIZATION

2nd Meeting of the Regional Steering Group on Population and Social Statistics17-19 July 2019, UNESCAP, Bangkok

MICS Tabulator Project Overview

• Web-Based Data Aggregation and Tabulation System

• Fast, easy, in-depth, comparative research across time and countries

MICS Tabulator

• real time analysis of the harmonizeddata without downloading

• meet the needs of wide range of users through

✓facilitating quick analysis and graphical presentation

✓integration of self-written codes for advanced users

Concept of operation

Development team

• Overseeing project development, defining indicator definitions, providing relevant documentation and preparing necessary programs to facilitate easy tabulation

UNICEF MICS team

• Building complex web – based tabulator system

Software developer

• Harmonizing MICS datasetsIPUMS team

UNICEF MICS team

• Coordination of all project development activities

• Documentation and verification of MICS Tabulator materials and produced results

• Translation of all MICS standard programs

• Moving away from SPSS

• Developing modules in R and Python for easier integration into MICS Tabulator

Software development

Scoping exercise finalized (main

architecture defined)

Business case approved by supply

division and ICT section

Potential software development

companies researched

IPUMS(Integrated Public Use Microdata Series)

• Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota

• more than two decades of experience with data harmonization and archival projects

IPUMS Data Processing Unique systematic approach to harmonization

Translation

Data formatting

Data dictionaries

Questionnaires

Harmonize codes

Variable descriptions

Harmonize geography

Web documentation

Pre-processing Standardization Integration

Harmonization: Women’s Education

Code Label

Burkina Faso

2006

Jamaica

2005

Mongolia

2013

Algeria

2012

10 Less than primary 1= None 1= None 1 = None 0 = None

10 " 1 = Preschool

20 Primary 2 = Primary 2 = Primary 2 = Primary 2 = Primary

30Secondary or higher 3 = Secondary +

31 Secondary 3 = Secondary 4 = Upper secondary 4 = Secondary

32 Higher/university 4 = Higher 6 = College, university 5 = Higher

40Other or non-standard

4 = Non-standard 5 = Non-standard

41 Koranic or Madrasa

99 Missing

9 = Missing

9 = Missing/DK 9 = Missing

Variable Description: LiteracyData documentation

more than 190 variables from MICS 3, 4, 5, 6

Partnership agreement with IPUMS

Phase 1

BACKGROUND VARIABLES (AGE, SEX, EDUCATION, etc. ) WATER AND SANITATIONBIRTH REGISTRATIONEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTCHILD DISCIPLINE CHILD FUNCTIONINGBREASTFEEDING AND DIETARY INTAKE IMMUNISATION MASS MEDIA AND ICTFERTILITY

New variables/ topical areas will be harmonized

Focus will be on MICS3 and onwards

Partnership agreement with IPUMS

Phase 2

MICS- IPUMS

•Web page

•Downloadable harmonized variables with metadata

THANK YOU.