A key findings of MICS5, which conducted in 2015: about women and children situation in Vietnam.

1. MULTIPLE
INDICATOR CLUSTER
SURVEY 2014
KEY FINDINGS
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE

2. Objective
The objective of KEY FINDINGS report is:
 To provide key findings of MICS and MDG indicators
timely, and prepare for disseminating full report in
2015
Reference for evaluating the implementation of
MDGs progress
Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of
programs toward children and women in Viet Nam
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3. Content
Key findings report includes 10 broad topics:
1.Child Mortality
2.Nutrition
3.Child Health
4.Water and Sanitation
5.Reproductive Health
6.Child Development
7.Literacy and Education
8.Child Protection
9.HIV/AIDS
10.Access to mass media and ICT
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4. CHILD MORTALITY
Two MDGs indicators and 2 MICS indicators
MDG 4.2 Infant mortality rate
MDG 4.1 Under-five mortality rate
MICS Neonatal mortality rate
Post-neonatal mortality rate
Child mortality rate
4
Probability of dying between birth and the first
birthday
Probability of dying between birth and the fifth
birthday

5. Early childhood mortality
5
1
6
1
8
2
7
6
1
5
1
1
4
1
4
2
Neonatal
mortality rate
Post-neonatal
mortality rate
Infant mortality
rate
Child mortality
rate
Under-five
mortality rate
Years
preceding
the survey
Note: Indicator values are per 1,000 live births
10-14 5-9 0-4

6. NUTRITION
With 2 topics:
Breastfeeding and infant feeding: 15 MICS
indicators
Low-birthweight: 2 MICS indicators
6

7. Breastfeeding and infant feeding
96.9 percent of women with a live birth in the
last 2 years who breastfed their last live-born child at
any time
26.5 percent of women with a live birth in the
last 2 years who put their last newborn to the breast
within one hour of birth
24.3 percent of infants under 6 months of age
who are exclusively breastfed
7

8. Percentage of women with a live birth in the last 2 years who
put their last newborn to the breast within one hour of
birth
8
26.5
20.9
31.1
28.5
35.1
22.1
27.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
Whole
country
Red River
Delta
Northern
Midlands
and
Mountain
area
North
Central and
Central
Coastal
area
Central
Highlands
South East Mekong
River Delta

9. Percentage of infants under 6 months of age who are
exclusively breastfeding
9
24.3
28.9
41.0
26.7 28.7
7.4
11.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
Whole
country
Red River
Delta
Northern
Midlands
and
Mountain
area
North
Central
and
Central
Coastal
area
Central
Highlands
South East Mekong
River Delta

10. Low-birthweight
5.7 percent of most recent live births in the last
2 years weighing below 2,500 grams at birth
94.3 percent of most recent live births in the
last 2 years who were weighed at birth
10

11. CHILD HEALTH
With 5 topics:
Vaccinations: 6 MICS indicators and 1 MDG indicator
Tetanus toxoid: 1 MICS indicator
Diarrhoea: 3 MICS indicators
Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) symptoms: 2
MICS indicators
Solid fuel use: 1 MICS indicator
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12. Vaccinations of Children Age 12-23 months by age 12
months
98.0 96.9
95.1
91.9
96.3
93.5
88.6
86.2
95.2
92.3
87.4
95.0
92.3
87.5
75.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
BCG
Polio1
Polio2
Polio3
DPT1
DPT2
DPT3
Measles
HepB1
HepB2
HepB3
Hib1
Hib2
Hib3
Fullyvaccinated

13. Diarrhoea
8.6 percent of children under age 5 with diarrhoea
in the last 2 weeks
12.6 percent of children under age 5 with
diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks who received ORS and zinc
57.8 percent of children under age 5 with
diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks who received ORT (ORS
packet, pre-packaged ORS fluid, recommended
homemade fluid or increased fluids) and continued
feeding during the episode of diarrhoea
13

14. WATER AND SANITATION
With 2 MDG indicators and 4 MICS indicators
 MDG 7.8 Use of improved drinking water sources
 MDG 7.9 Use of improved sanitation
14

15. Percentage of household using improved water and
sanitation in urban and rural areas
92
79
98
9189
74
Percentage of household members using
an improved water source
Percentage of household members using
an improved sanitation facility which is
not shared
Per cent
Total
Urban
Rural

16. Percentage of household using improved water and
sanitation by Ethnicity of household head
92 95
75
79
84
47
Per cent
Total
Kinh/Hoa
Other
Percentage of household
members using an improved
water source
Percentage of household members
using an improved sanitation
facility which is not shared

17. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Contraception and unmet need: 3 MDG indicators
Maternal and newborn health: 3 MDG indicators and
3 MICS indicators
Post-natal health checks: 3 MICS indicators
17

18. Early childbearing
4.7 percent of women age 20-24 years who
had at least one live birth before age 18
18
4.7
1.6
8.1
4.6
9.5
1.5
8.0
0
3
6
9
12
15
Whole
country
Red River
Delta
Northern
Midlands
and
Mountain
area
North
Central
and
Central
Coastal
area
Central
Highlands
South
East
Mekong
River
Delta

19. Contraceptive methods
19

20. Contraceptive prevalence rate among women 15-49 years
who are in union by wealth index, ethnicity of household
head
20
75.7
72.6
78.1 76.6
70.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
Whole
country
20%
Poorest
20%
Richest
Kinh/Hoa Other

21. Maternal and newborn health
95.8 percent of women age 15-49 years with a
live birth in the last 2 years who were attended at least
once by skilled health personnel during their last
pregnancy that led to a live birth
73.7 percent of women age 15-49 years with a
live birth in the last 2 years who were attended at least
four times by any provider during their last pregnancy
that led to a live birth
 56.2 percent of women age 15-49 years with a
live birth in the last 2 years who had their blood pressure
measured and gave urine and blood samples during the
last pregnancy that led to a live birth
21

22. Percentage of women age 15-49 were attended at least four
times
22
73.7
38.6
95.9
82.1
32.7
0
20
40
60
80
100
Wholecountry
20%Poorest
20%Richest
Kinh/Hoa
Other

23. 93.8 percent of women age 15-49 years with a
live birth in the last 2 years who were attended by
skilled health personnel during their most recent live
birth
93.6 percent of women age 15-49 years with a
live birth in the last 2 years whose most recent live
birth was delivered in a health facility
27.5 percent of women age 15-49 years
whose most recent live birth in the last 2 years was
delivered by caesarean section
23

24. Caesarean section by regions
24
27.5
25.5
22.2
32.3
14.5
34.8
28.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
Whole
country
Red River
Delta
Northern
Midlands
and
Mountain
area
North
Central
and
Central
Coastal
area
Central
Highlands
South
East
Mekong
River
Delta

25. Post-natal health checks
Percentage of women age 15-49 years by Place of
delivery and post-natal health checks
6 15 17
94 94 95
Place of delivery Post-natal health check
for the newborn
Post-natal health check
for the mother
Per cent
Home deliveries Health facility deliveries 25

26. CHILD DEVELOPMENT
With 8 MICS indicators
Attendance to early childhood education: 1 indicator
Support for learning: 3 indicators
Availability of children’s books, playthings: 2
indicators
Inadequate care: 1 indicator
Early child development index : 1 indicator
26

27. 71.3 percent of children age 36-59 months who are
attending an early childhood education programme
27
71.3
85.5 83.8
74.6
65.0
71.2
39.0
0
20
40
60
80
100
Whole
country
Red River
Delta
Northern
Midlands
and
Mountain
area
North
Central and
Central
Coastal
area
Central
Highlands
South East Mekong
River Delta

28. 75.9 percent of children
age 36-59 months with
whom an adult has
engaged in four or more
activities to promote
learning and school
readiness in the last 3
days
28
Total,
75.9
Urban,
85.0
Rural,
72.2
Per
cent
Support for learning

29. 14.9 percent and 45.0 percent of children age 36-59
months whose biological father and biological mother has
engaged in four or more activities to promote learning and
school readiness in the last 3 days
29
14.9
22.7
11.7
45.0
61.9
38.0
Per cent
Total
Urban
Rural
Father’s support for learning Mother’s support for learning

30. 26.2 percent of
children under age 5
who have three or more
children’s books and
51.5 percent who play
with two or more types
of playthings
30
Total,
26.2
Urban,
43
Rural,
19
Per cent
Availability of children’s books

31. 7 percent of children
under age 5 left alone
or in the care of another
child younger than 10
years of age for more
than one hour at least
once in the last week

32. 88.7 percent of
children age 36-59
months who are
developmentally on track
in at least three of the
following four domains:
literacy-numeracy,
physical, social-
emotional, and learning
32

33. LITERACY AND
EDUCATION
With 5 MICS indicators and 5 MDG indicators
 MDG 2.3 Literacy rate among young people
 MDG 2.1 Primary school net attendance ratio
(adjusted)
 MDG 2.2 Children reaching last grade of primary
 MDG 3.1 Gender parity index (primary school)
 MDG 3.1 Gender parity index (lower secondary
school)
33

34. 96.5 percent of young woman age 15-24
years who are literacy
34
Literacy is ability of reading a short simple statement about
everyday life or who attended secondary or higher
education

35. Percentage of young woman age 15-24 years who are
literacy by wealth index, ethnicity of household head
35
96.5
84.3
100 99.1
83.2
0
20
40
60
80
100
Whole
country
20%
Poorest
20%
Richest
Kinh/Hoa Other

36. Primary school net attendance ratio (adjusted) is
97.7 percent
98.6 percent of children entering the first
grade of primary school who eventually reach last
grade
Lower secondary school net attendance ratio
(adjusted) 90.4 percent
Gender parity index for primary school is 1.00
Gender parity index for lower secondary school is
1.03
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37. CHILD PROTECTION
 Birth registration: 1 MICS indicator
 Child labour: 1 MICS indicator
 Child discipline: 1 MICS indicator
 Early marriage and polygyny: 6 MICS indicators
 Attitudes towards domestic violence: 1 MICS
indicator
 Children’s living arrangements: 3 MICS indicators
37

38. Child labour
16.4 percent of
children age 5-17
years who are
involved in child
labour

39. Child discipline
Percentage of children age 1-14 years who experienced
punishment during the last one month by disciplining methods
27
68
58
Other
41
Severe
2.1
Only non-
violent
discipline
Any violent
discipline
Psychological
aggression
Physical
punishment
Per cent
39

40. Attitudes towards domestic
violence
28.2 percent of women
age 15-49 years who
state that a husband is
justified in hitting or
beating his wife in at
least one of the
following circumstances:
(1) she goes out without
telling him, (2) she
neglects the children,
(3) she argues with him,
(4) she refuses sex with
him, (5) she burns the
food
40
17.8
34.6
40.5
34.0
19.2
29.2
0
10
20
30
40
50
Đồng
bằng
sông
Hồng
Trung du
và miền
núi phía
Bắc
Bắc Trung
Bộ và
Duyên hải
miền
trung
Tây
Nguyên
Đông
Nam Bộ
Đồng
bằng
sông Cửu
Long

41. HIV/AIDS
 HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes: 2 MICS
indicators and 1 MDG indicator
MDG 6.3 Knowledge about HIV prevention
among young people
HIV testing: 4 MICS indicators
Orphans: 1 MICS indicator
41

42. HIV/AIDS knowledge
94.5 percent of women age 15-49 years
who have heard of AIDS
46.8 percent of people women 15-49 years
who correctly identify all three means of mother-
to-child transmission of HIV
42

43. 49.3 percent of young
women age 15-24
years who correctly
identify ways of
preventing the sexual
transmission of HIV,
and who reject major
misconceptions about
HIV transmission
43
29.8
65.1
53.2
29.5
0
20
40
60
80
100
20%
Poorest
20%
Richest
Kinh/Hoa Other

44. HIV testing
69.9 percent of women 15-49 years who state knowledge of a
place to be tested for HIV
11.3 percent of women age 15-49 years who have been
tested for HIV in the last 12 months and who know their results
 29.3 percent of women age 15-49 years who had a live birth
in the last 2 years and received antenatal care during the
pregnancy of their most recent birth, reporting that they received
counselling on HIV during antenatal care
30 percent of women age 15-49 years who had a live birth in
the last 2 years and received antenatal care during the pregnancy
of their most recent birth, reporting that they were offered and
accepted an HIV test during antenatal care and received their
results
44

45. ACCESS TO MASS MEDIA AND
ICT
13.2 percent of women age 15-49 years who,
at least once a week, read a newspaper or
magazine, listen to the radio, and watch television
63.3 percent of young women age 15-24
years who used a computer during the last 12
months
66.7 percent of young women age 15-24
years who used the internet during the last 12
months
45

46. Percentage of young women age 15-24 years who used
a computer or internet by living area
46
63.3
80.5
55.2
66.7
83.5
58.8Per cent
Total
Urban
Rural
Use of computers Use of internet

47. ACCESS TO MASS MEDIA AND
ICT – MOBILE PHONE
81.9 percent of women age 15-49 years who
own a mobile phone or use one as if was theirs
92.5 percent of households where at least a
member has or owns a mobile phone
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