Variable UF1 : Cluster number

File: ch

All eligible children

Recorded by Interviewer

This questionnaire is to be administered to all mothers or caretakers (see Household Listing Form, column HL9) who care for a child that lives with them and is under the age of 5 years (see Household Listing Form, column HL6). A separate questionnaire should be used for each eligible child.

Cluster number:

The purpose of the Questionnaire for Children Under Five is to provide information on a wide range of MICS4 indicators relating to the first 5 years of life. You will have identified children under five, eligible for this questionnaire, after you have completed the Household Listing Form in the Household Questionnaire. 

To collect information on children under five by using this questionnaire, we have to identify a respondent who can answer detailed questions on the health and well-being of these children. If the mother is living in the same household as the eligible child (in other words, if she is listed in the Household Listing, together with the child), then she is obviously the person who should be interviewed for that child. If the mother of the eligible child is not listed in the Household Listing (she may be deceased or living elsewhere), you should have identified a person in the Household Listing who takes primary responsibility for raising and caring for the child. This person can be a man or a woman.

Survey Coordinators: Interviewers may get confused about who the respondent to the Questionnaire for children Under five should be. Explain this thoroughly during training, giving examples. Make sure to explain that the primary caretaker is not simply someone looking after the child when the mother is away (for instance, people who may care for the child during the day when the mother is at work). Explain to interviewers that they should only interview a respondent other than the mother if the mother is not listed in the household.

This questionnaire is to be administered to all mothers or primary caretakers (see the Household Listing, column HL9) who care for a child that lives with them and is under the age of 5 years (see the Household Listing, column HL6). 

A separate form should be filled in for each eligible child listed in the Household Questionnaire - check column HL9 on the Household Listing. 

UF1-UF8 should be filled in before you start the interview.

Enter the cluster number from the Household Questionnaire, question HH1.