Here are four facts you need to know.
The Method Information Index (MII) and MIIplus are essential sources of information in family planning. Find out what the MII is, how it’s different from the MIIplus, and what both can (and can’t) tell us about the quality of reproductive health counseling.
Executive Summary: The MII and MIIplus are sets of “yes or no” questions. They are used to measure several domains of quality of care in family planning. The reported value for MII and MIIplus is the percent of women who responded “yes” to all questions. Women who receive information in the MII and MIIplus during counseling visits are less likely to stop using their contraceptive method.
1. The Method Information Index is three questions.
The Method Information Index (or MII for short) is a set of three questions. Clients are asked at the end of a contraceptive counseling visit:
- Were you informed about other methods of family planning?
- Were you informed about possible side effects or problems you might have with the method?
- Were you told what to do if you experience any side effects or problems?
The reported MII value (or “score”) is the percent of women who responded “yes” to all three questions. If a client answers yes to all three, the assumption is that she and her provider discussed essential information, and that she’s able to select a contraceptive method that meets her needs based on an understanding of all of her options.
This chart shows the MII score for all FP2020 countries, by method, as well as overall average for all FP2020 countries with available data.