The Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
MICS 2019-2020
Highlights
The Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2019-2020 by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, as part of the Global MICS
Programme. Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with government funding and financial support of UNICEF and UNFPA.
The Global MICS Programme was developed by UNICEF in the 1990s as an international multi-purpose household survey programme to support countries in collecting internationally comparable data on a wide
range of indicators on the situation of children and women. MICS surveys measure key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in policies, programmes, and national development plans, and
to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other internationally agreed upon commitments.
The Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey has as its primary objectives:
• To furnish data needed for monitoring progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and other internationally agreed upon goals, as a basis for future action.
• To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Palestine and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.
• To facilitate the timely dissemination and use of results from the Palestinian MICS. The report contains detailed information on the survey methodology, and all standard MICS tables. The report is accompanied by a series of Statistical Snapshots of the main findings of the survey.
For more information on the Global MICS Programme, please go to mics.unicef.org.
