MICS includes questions for calculating specific infant and young child feeding indicators, such as the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) for children. MICS data is available for users to download/analyze after registering on the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) MICS website as a data user.
Time: Findings are available for use in MICS reports. Downloading, cleaning, and analyzing data could take a few weeks, depending on data quality and complexity of the analyses.
Human Resources: Requires some familiarity with nutrition. Those conducting data analysis need expertise in nutrition, data cleaning, and analysis.
Relative Cost: Low
Strengths: Relatively easy access to reports and data. UNICEF routinely collects the data approximately every 3 years.
Limitations: MDD is a rough estimate of micronutrient adequacy. Sample sizes may not allow for sub-national analysis.
Indicators
We found relevant indicators for 2 diet question(s) based on the filters below (or your answers to preceding questions). Use the filters to see other indicators by target group or diet question.
Target group: Children 6–23 months of age
Is my target group consuming foods or food groups that provide adequate nutrients?
- MDD for children: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed foods and beverages from at least five out of eight defined food groups during the previous day.
What foods or food groups is my target group consuming?
- MDD for children: Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed foods and beverages from at least five out of eight defined food groups during the previous day.
- The percentage of the population consuming any of the food groups measured by the instrument can also be determined.
