How reliable are self-reported estimates of birth registration completeness? Comparison with vital statistics systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The widely-used estimates of completeness of birth registration collected by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and published by UNICEF primarily rely on registration status of children as reported by respondents. However, these self-reported estimates may be inaccurate when compared with completeness as assessed from nationally-reported official birth registration statistics, for several reasons, including over-reporting of registration due to concern about penalties for non-registration. This study assesses the concordance of self-reported birth registration and certification completeness with completeness calculated from civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems data for 57 countries.

Methods

Self-rep

SUBMITTER: Adair T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8186773 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature