Multi Indicator Cluster Survey starts in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, 5 April 2021 – Today across Uzbekistan’s 726 mahallas, an exercise to collect vital data on the socio-economic well-being of women, children and households will start.

The national survey is known as the Multi Indicator Cluster Survey- MICS. Data collection starts today and will continue till 31 July 2021. Government and MICS partners implore Makahallas and families to open their homes to enumerators who will collect data.

Data and indicators will be important for tracking Uzbekistan’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals and be included in international databases. Importantly, data and indicators are essential for decision making, planning and implementation of national policies, development programmes and services in the social sphere.

MICS is jointly implemented by the State Committee on Statistics and UNICEF. The last MICS was conducted in Uzbekistan in 2006.

Over the last two decades, more than 300 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys have been carried out in more than 100 countries, generating data on key indicators on the well-being of children and women, and helping shape policies for the improvement of their lives.

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For more information, please contact:

Jamoliddin Ismailov, Programme Officer on MICS

Phone: +99893 550 97 76

E-mail: [email protected]

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Nargiza Egamberdieva, Communication Officer

Phone: +998 93 380 34 19

E-mail: [email protected]