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QuestionnairesFour sets of questionnaires were used in the survey forboth samples: 1) a household questionnaire which wasused to collect information on all de jure householdmembers (usual residents), the household, and thedwelling; 2) a women’s questionnaire administered ineach household to all women aged between 15–49 years;3) an under-5 questionnaire, administered to mothers orprimary caretakers for all children under 5 living in thehousehold; and 4) a men’s questionnaire administered ineach household to all men aged 15–29 years.The Household Questionnaire included the followingmodules:• Household Listing Form• Education• Water and Sanitation• Household Characteristics• Child Discipline• HandwashingThe Questionnaire for Individual Women wasadministered to all women aged 15–49 years living in thehouseholds, and included the following modules:• Woman’s Background• Access to Mass Media and ICT• Child Mortality• Desire for Last Birth• Maternal and Newborn Health — only selectedquestions• Illness Symptoms• Contraception• Unmet Need• Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence• Marriage/Union• Sexual Behaviour• HIV/AIDS• Life satisfactionThe Questionnaire for Children Under Five wasadministered to mothers or caretakers of children under5 years of age 1 living in the households. Normally, thequestionnaire was administered to mothers of under-5children; in cases when the mother was not listed in thehousehold roster, a primary caretaker for the child wasidentified and interviewed. The questionnaire includedthe following modules:• Child’s Age• Birth Registration• Early Childhood Development• Breastfeeding• Care of Illness• AnthropometryThe Questionnaire for Individual Men was administeredto all men aged 15–29 years living in the households, andincluded the following modules:• Man’s Background• Access to Mass Media and ICT• Marriage/Union• Contraception• Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence• Sexual Behaviour• HIV/AIDS• Life satisfactionThe questionnaires are based on the MICS4 modelquestionnaire 2 . From the MICS4 model English version,the questionnaires were translated into Serbian and were1The terms “children under 5”, “children aged 0–4 years”, and “children aged 0–59 months” are used interchangeably in this report.2The model MICS4 questionnaires can be found at www.childinfo.org26MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010