This article provides an overview of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) as a data source. MICS—one of the largest household survey programs focused on children and women—has covered 116 countries, many over several rounds of surveys producing trend data. Data are collected on a range of indicators for children, adolescents, women, and in recent years, men. Topics include fertility, mortality, contraceptive use, unmet need, maternal and newborn health, female genital mutilation, menstrual hygiene management, child illness and treatment, and child development and nutrition, among others. The surveys are cross‐sectional and use multistage probability designs to develop representative samples of households at the national and subnational levels. Survey interviews are conducted with: a household respondent who provides data on the household status; women and men aged 15–49 who provide current status and retrospective data on themselves; and mothers (or caregivers) who provide data on children under age 18. Data can be compared across countries and time for the most part, provide a wealth of indicators across research fields, and are open access. Data can be accessed on the MICS website where users are granted access to the MICS datasets for research purposes.

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多指标类集调查：提供有关全球儿童和妇女的可靠数据。

本文概述了多指标类集调查（MICS）作为数据源。MICS是针对儿童和妇女的最大的家庭调查计划之一，已覆盖116个国家/地区，许多轮调查都产生了趋势数据。收集了有关儿童，青少年，妇女以及近年来男子的一系列指标的数据。主题包括生育率，死亡率，使用避孕药具，未满足的需求，孕产妇和新生儿健康，切割女性生殖器官，月经卫生管理，儿童疾病和治疗以及儿童发育和营养等。这些调查是横断面的，并使用多阶段概率设计来开发国家和国家以下各级家庭的代表性样本。调查采访的对象是：提供家庭状况数据的家庭受访者；15至49岁的男女，提供有关自己的当前状况和回顾性数据；以及提供有关18岁以下儿童数据的母亲（或照料者）的信息，大部分时间可以在各个国家/地区和时间进行比较，并在各个研究领域提供丰富的指标，并且是开放获取的。可以在MICS网站上访问数据，在该网站上，出于研究目的，已授予用户访问MICS数据集的权限。