Data and Analytics section (of UNICEF HQ where MICS is housed)

Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)

Danish International Development Agency within Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Design effect (usually written as deff)

Root design effect (the square root of deff and usually written as deft)

Deputy Representative (of a UNICEF CO)

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (of the UN)

UN-supported database system to organise, store and display data in a uniform format. Found at devinfo.org

Department for International Development (UK)

Demographic and Health Surveys

Data Processing (general information),  MICS-related DP

Division of Policy and Practice (The former UNICEF HQ division where MICS was housed)

Division of Policy and Strategy (The former UNICEF HQ division where MICS was housed)

Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus combination vaccine

Data Quality

Division of Data, Research, and Policy (UNICEF HQ  Division in which MICS is currently housed)