Birth Registration and Early Learning

Goals and Indicators

INDICATOR NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR WSC MDG WFFC

1. Birth registration Number of children aged 0-59 months whose births are reported registered

Total number of children aged 0-59 months surveyed

xxx

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 .................................__ __

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 vital registration data

Goals and Indicators

INDICATOR NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR WSC MDG WFFC

1. Preschool attendance

Number of children 36-59 months who attend some form of early childhood education program

Total number of children aged 36-59 months surveyed

xxx xxx

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 .................................__ __

Methodological issues

• These information is important to complete the education profile for all children 3-17 years

• Note that this data is obtained in the children’s questionnaire, while the data for children 5-17 is obtained in the household questionnaire

• The data can be merged to produce just one analysis

• This procedure to be cover in the remaining MICS3 workshops

• Little analysis has been done with this data, specially data on the number of hours that the child has attended during the last 7 days