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Household Information Panel

• First contact with household

• Introductory sentences

• Two sections: – Upper section to be completed before

household is contacted– Lower section after household response is

known

Upper section

• The combination of cluster and household numbers should identify a unique household in the sample

• Identifying interviewer and supervisor important to monitor and control fieldwork operation

• Date may be modified according to time of “final response”

Upper section

• Area and region will be customized/adapted to country situation

• Other identification information may be included

• Name of head of household may be known in many cases, depending on the nature of the information on selected households

Lower section

• To be completed after household listing is completed

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Household Listing Form

Purpose

• Identify eligible persons for administration of modules and questionnaires

• Obtain information on basic characteristics (eg. Age, sex, household composition) of the survey population

• Obtain information on two child rights indicators, i.e. living arrangements and orphanhood of children

Questions

• Answered by a knowledgeable adult• Start with head of household• List all de jure household members,

obtaining information on relationship of each member to the head, and sex

• Ask/code questions HL5 to HL12 for each household member

• Completed age is sought

Questions

• HL6, HL7 and HL8 to be completed by the interviewer, on the basis of sex and age of the household member – these determine eligibility for child labor module, and administration of individual questionnaires

• Linkage to mother/caretaker, hence the identification of the respondent

Indicators

• Children’s living arrangements: Proportion among children 0-17 not living with a biological parent (MICS Indicator List No.78)

• Prevalence of orphans: Proportion among children 0-17 with at least one parent dead (MICS Indicator List No.75)

Significance and use

• Important indicators especially in countries where AIDS is a serious threat and orphanhood among children is not rare

• Possible to assess whether orphaned children are more disadvantaged with respect to other indicators such as education (however, caution has to be exercised based on number of observations)

Eligibility - HL6, HL7, HL8

• Complete all members, probe for others, and sum the totals for HL6, HL7, and HL8

• These give us, respectively– Number of women’s questionnaires– Number of children age 5-14 for whom child labor

questions will be asked, and their mothers/primary caretakers

– Number of under-5 questionnaires to be administered, and mothers/primary caretakers who will be asked to respond

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Household Listing FormLower Section

• Enter result code• Name and Line No of respondent• Total number of HH members• Total numbers of eligible women and under-

5s (i.e. number of individual questionnaires that can be administered)

• HH13 and HH15 to be completed after individual questionnaires have been “completed”