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Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop

Questionnaires For Individual Women and Men:

Tobacco and Alcohol Use

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Background

• Tobacco: known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, lung and other cancers

• Alcohol abuse is a serious problem in many countries. Associated with:

– increased risk of accidents, cirrhosis, hypertension, psychological illnesses, and congenital malformations. Aggravates risk of family problems

Background• Information collected:

– Ever and current use of cigarettes and the age at which cigarette smoking first started

– Ever and current use of smoked and smokeless tobacco products

– The intensity of use, of cigarettes, and smoked and smokeless tobacco products

– Ever and current use of alcohol, and intensity of use

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Background• Any intensity of tobacco use is considered a (potential) health

problem • Intensity is directly correlated with poor health outcomes• Early initiation increases length of exposure

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MICS Indicators

# TA1 - Tobacco use

Percentage of women/men age 15-49 years who smoked cigarettes, or used smoked or smokeless tobacco products on one or more days during the last one month

# TA2 - Smoking before age 15

Percentage of women/men age 15-49 years who smoked a whole cigarette before age 15

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MICS Indicators

# TA3 - Alcohol use

Number of women/men age 15-49 years who had at least one alcoholic drink on one or more days during the last one month

# TA4 - Use of alcohol before age 15

Percentage of women age 15-49 years who had at least one alcoholic drink before age 15

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Methodological issues • Reference period for which questions are asked• Specific versus overall questions, open–ended versus categorical

responses, and measurement of standard versus actual drink sizes or cigarette packages