PAKISTAN (SINDH) 2014 MICS KEY FINDINGS REPORT RELEASED

19 October 2015

The Government of Sindh (GoS) in Pakistan is responding to the call to leave no child behind in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. [UPDATED 3 December 2015]

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With the launch of the Pakistan (Sindh) 2014 MICS Key Findings Report, over 120 socio-economic indicators depicting the situation of children and women have now been made available to development partners at all levels. This information identifies opportunities for government, academia and donors to reach the most marginalized. 

 

Pakistan (Sindh) 2014 MICS Key Findings Report 

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The Key Findings Report is also available on the MICS Surveys page.

Click here to read the press release.

 

According to the Senior Minister of the Planning and Developing Department, Syed Murad Ali Shah, “the GoS is committed to using MICS for evidenced based planning, monitoring and resource allocation down to the district level. It will improve sustainable development in Sindh and will allow the government to manage the effective delivery of basic services.”

The 2014 Sindh MICS will serve as a baseline for the country as it measures progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Over 19,000 households were surveyed between February and August 2014, using five separate questionnaires: household, women, children under five, health facility records, and water quality testing. The survey was implemented by the Sindh Bureau of Statistics (BoS) with technical and joint financial support from UNICEF.

The data show considerable progress made for women and children. Birth registration, one of the key indicators of child protection, shows that 29% of children under age 5 in Sindh have been registered, in contrast to only 20% of children under age five, as reported in MICS 2003. Additionally, the number of births taking place in health facilities increased significantly from 42% in 2006-07 to 64% as reported in 2014. Immunization – key to reducing child deaths from preventable illnesses – increased to 35% from 29% in 2012. 

Disaggregation of data collected through MICS at the province level, based on urban/rural, sex and wealth quintiles, allow for a more detailed picture of how children and women are living at both the divisional and district levels in Sindh. This picture will be instrumental to developing evidence-based policies and programmes, and for monitoring progress towards global, national and provincial goals.