Birth registration

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys- MICS3Analysis and Report Writing Workshop

Panama City, July 12-20, 2006

Indicators • Percentage of children under five years of age

whose birth is registered• Reasons for not registration of children under

five years of age

Goals World Fit for Children (WFFC)Protecting children against abuse, exploitation and violence and under general protection to• Develop systems to ensure the registration of every child at or shortly after birth, and fulfill his or her right to acquire a name and a nationality, in accordance with national laws and relevant international instrumentsMillennium Development Goals (MDGs)The MD declaration calls for the protection of children against abuse, exploitation and violence but no goal, target or indicator is included

Why to measure birth registration?

Reasons:

• Identify the magnitude of the problem as well as its characteristics• Evaluate impact of programs and interventions based on trends

Data sources/methods

• Vital registration• Population census• Household surveys

Which is the approach in MICS3?

• Estimation of indicator based on household survey data• Present obtained results by background variables to localize the problem• Promote the design and implementation of further analysis of the main determinants of birth registration to help the design of policies and the development of programs and interventions

BIRTH REGISTRATION AND EARLY LEARNING MODULE BR BR1. DOES (name) HAVE A BIRTH

CERTIFICATE? MAY I SEE IT?

Yes, seen .............................................1 Yes, not seen ......................................2 No..........................................................3 DK .........................................................8

1BR5

BR2. HAS (name’s) BIRTH BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES?

Yes ........................................................1 No..........................................................2 DK .........................................................8

1BR5 8BR4

BR3. WHY IS (name’s) BIRTH NOT REGISTERED?

Costs too much ...................................1 Must travel too far ...............................2 Did not know it should be registered3 Did not want to pay fine .....................4 Does not know where to register .....5 Other (specify) ________________ 6 DK .........................................................8

BR4. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD’S BIRTH?

Yes ........................................................1 No..........................................................2

BR5. Check age of child in UF11: Child is 3 years old or more? Yes. Continue with BR6 No. Go to BR8 BR6. DOES (name) ATTEND ANY

ORGANIZED LEARNING OR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMME, SUCH AS A PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT FACILITY, INCLUDING KINDERGARTEN OR COMMUNITY CHILD CARE?

Yes ........................................................1 No..........................................................2 DK .........................................................8

2BR8 8BR8

BR7. WITHIN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS DID (name) ATTEND?

No. of hours .................................__ __

Which countries included the birth registration module in MICS3?

• 6 out of 7• Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago• Cuba did not• Mongolia?

Birth registration

Numerator:Number of children aged 0-59 months whose births

are reported registered Denominator:Total number of children aged 0-59 months surveyed

Proportion of children under five years of age registered in Caribbean countries conducting MICS3. DHS 1999-2004

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SPSS Program

• Generates basic table: CP.5• Generates

– the percentages of children 0-59 months of age who are registered

– a percent distribution of the reasons for no registration

Table CP.1: Birth registrationPercent distribution of children aged 0-59 months by whether birth is registered and reasons for non-registration, Country, Year

86.1 2.3 1615 38.2 3.5 4.4 1.1 4.7 29.2 18.8 100.0 18787.7 1.8 1552 39.5 7.4 2.3 2.7 3.2 26.1 18.8 100.0 16379.7 2.5 723 43.0 3.8 .9 .9 5.6 30.8 15.0 100.0 12891.2 .4 470 46.3 6.0 5.2 6.0 .0 7.5 29.1 100.0 4089.5 2.9 841 58.1 3.1 8.8 .0 2.9 17.0 10.0 100.0 6480.1 1.8 491 22.4 2.3 2.4 2.1 5.6 36.5 28.7 100.0 8993.6 1.8 643 17.7 25.5 3.6 3.6 .0 38.8 10.7 100.0 2987.5 1.6 1381 36.2 .6 2.4 1.3 4.0 30.3 25.1 100.0 15086.4 2.4 1786 40.7 8.9 4.3 2.3 4.0 25.8 14.0 100.0 20078.4 2.8 607 24.6 6.0 4.6 .0 6.6 36.5 21.7 100.0 11485.0 2.3 633 47.5 3.8 4.9 1.5 1.1 22.6 18.6 100.0 8189.4 1.7 661 38.8 5.6 3.5 3.8 4.1 26.3 18.0 100.0 5989.6 1.7 630 53.1 4.0 .0 3.5 .0 28.4 11.0 100.0 5491.6 1.8 637 42.2 7.9 2.1 2.8 7.4 15.2 22.3 100.0 4268.8 4.6 22 47.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 31.1 21.0 100.0 689.8 1.3 310 35.8 3.8 3.6 .0 .0 29.1 27.8 100.0 2886.7 2.1 2834 38.9 5.6 3.5 2.1 4.4 27.6 18.0 100.0 317

100.0 .0 2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 087.7 3.3 568 57.0 12.7 4.5 .0 .0 16.2 9.7 100.0 5186.3 3.6 542 50.2 8.2 .0 4.3 .0 25.3 12.0 100.0 5590.3 1.0 594 55.5 6.5 3.4 2.1 .0 20.6 11.9 100.0 5286.9 1.0 743 24.7 2.7 6.6 3.4 8.3 32.3 22.0 100.0 9083.9 1.9 719 27.6 2.0 2.0 .0 6.3 34.4 27.7 100.0 10283.9 2.2 2142 39.0 4.7 3.4 1.8 4.1 28.3 18.7 100.0 29792.3 2.3 705 44.3 12.2 .0 2.8 4.7 21.4 14.6 100.0 3892.9 .0 50 21.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 78.1 .0 100.0 495.5 .3 269 21.1 .0 18.4 .0 .0 18.4 42.1 100.0 1186.9 2.0 3167 38.8 5.3 3.5 1.9 4.0 27.7 18.8 100.0 350

MaleFemale

Sex

Region 1Region 2Region 3Region 4Region 5

Region

UrbanRural

Area

0-11 months12-23 months24-35 months36-47 months48-59 months

Age

NonePrimarySecondaryNon-standard curriculum

Mother'seducation

PoorestSecondMiddleFourthRichest

Wealthindexquinti les

Language 1Language 2Language 3Other

Mothertongue

Total

Birth isregistered *

Don't knowif birth isregistered

Number ofchi ldren aged0-59 months

Costs toomuch

Must traveltoo far

Didn't knowchild shouldbe registered

Late, didn'twant topay fine

Doesn'tknow whereto register Other Don't know

Birth is not registered because:

Total

Number ofchi ldren aged0-59 monthswithout birthregistration

* MICS Indicator 62

Methodological issues

• Reasons for not registration need to be adapted to the particular conditions of the country

• In MICS2, many responses were just “OTHER”, which is of not use if not coded into a usable category (either existing or new)

• Importance of the subject for disparities among disadvantaged groups

• Additional analysis needed in countries with high levels of registration compared to values from vital registration data

Thank you!