The 2000 Sierra Leone Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey?2 has as its primary objectives: - To provide up-to-date information for assessing the situation of children and women in Sierra Leone at the end of the decade and for looking forward to the next decade; - to furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established at the World Summit for Children and a basis for future action; and, - to contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Sierra Leone and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.
