Abbreviated Name:
Births registration coverage
Indicator Name:
Births registration coverage
Domain:
Health System Response/ Health Information system
Related Terms:
Civil registration system
Definition:
Percentage of births that are registered within one month of age in a civil registration system
Measurment Method:
Civil registration: systems that are functioning effectively compile vital statistics that are used to compare teh estimated total number of births in a country with the absolute number of registered births during a given period.
Birth registration: Questions are asked about registration status in household surveys. The numerator of this indicator includes children whose mother or care-taker says the birth has been registered (whether or not the birth certificate was seen by the interviewer).
Birth registration: Questions are asked about registration status in household surveys. The numerator of this indicator includes children whose mother or care-taker says the birth has been registered (whether or not the birth certificate was seen by the interviewer).
Numerator:
Number of births registered.
Denominator
Total number of births.
Estimation method:
Number of children under age of five whose births are reported as being registered with the relevant national civil authorities divided by the total number of children under the age of five in the population x 100.
Disaggregation:
Gender, location (urban / rural), wealth quintile, boundaries: administrative and health regions
Primary data sources:
Civil registration or sample registration system
Alternate data sources:
National population surveys
Measurment frequency:
Annual
