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The Questionnaire for individual women included the following modules:
o Woman s Background
o Child Mortality
o Desire for Last Birth
o Maternal and Newborn Health
o Illness Symptoms
o Contraception
o Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence
o Marriage
o Anthropometry 1
o HIV/AIDS
o Blood Test for Anaemia 2
The Questionnaire for Children Under Five 3 was normally administered to mothers of children
under the age of five; however, in cases when the mother was not listed in the household
roster, a primary caretaker for the child was identified and interviewed. The questionnaire
included the following modules:
o Age
o Birth Registration
o Early Childhood Development
o Breastfeeding
o Care of Illness
o Immunization
o Anthropometry
o Blood Test for Anaemia 4
The questionnaires are based on the MICS4 model questionnaire 5 . From the MICS4 model
English version, the questionnaires were translated into Dari and Pashto, and were pre-tested
in Kabul province (Kabul city district and Farza district) and Parwan province (Charikar city
district and Bagram district) during May 2010. Based on the results of the pre-test,
modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires. A copy of the
AMICS questionnaires is provided in Appendix F. In addition to the administration of
questionnaires, fieldwork teams tested the salt used for cooking in the households for iodine
content, observed the place and facilities used for hand washing, measured the weights and
heights of children aged less than five years, and tested the blood of children aged under five
and the blood of women aged between 15 and 49 years. Details and findings of these
measurements are provided in the respective sections of the report.
Training and Fieldwork
Training for the fieldwork was conducted for 21 days in August and September 2010. Training
included lectures on interviewing techniques and the contents of the questionnaires, in addition
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This module is country-specific.
2
This module has been added to the Afghanistan adapted version of MICS.
3
The terms children under 5 , children age 0-4 years , and children aged 0-59 months are used
interchangeably in this report.
4
This module has been added to the Afghanistan adapted version of MICS.
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The model MICS4 questionnaires can be found at www.childinfo.org/mics4_questionnaire.html.
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