The INFO Project Blog

I never knew that  so many useful surveys on contraceptive prevalence are out there.  While researching vasectomy prevalence for an upcoming issue of Population Reports I learned that the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are not the only source for data on population, health and nutrition.   A vital source of family planning data can also be drawn from UNICEF’s Multiple Inidcator Cluster Survey (MICS).   The third round of MICS surveys has been completed and UNICEF provides data for certain countries where DHS data is not available. 

In addition to information on contraceptive prevalence, MICS also includes survey data on nutrition, child health, the environment, child mortality and HIV/AIDS.And if that wasn’t enough CDC also conducts reproductive health surveys for a number of countries!