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World Health Survey 2003

Mauritania, 2003
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MRT_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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Why was health care needed? (q7003)

Data file: WHS-Mauritania_F5

Overview

Valid: 1929
Invalid: 1913
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 1972
End: 1976
Width: 5
Range: 1 - 12
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which reason best describes why you [your child] last needed health care?
- High fever, severe diarrhoea, or cough
- Immunization
- Antenatal consultation
- Family planning
- Childbirth
- Dental care
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Heart disease
- Bodily injury
- Minor surgery
- Other
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 High fever, severe diarrhea, or cough 827
42.9%
2 Immunization 54
2.8%
3 Antenatal consultation 78
4%
4 Family planning 20
1%
5 Childbirth 112
5.8%
6 Dental care 101
5.2%
7 Arthritis 165
8.6%
8 Asthma 39
2%
9 Heart disease 30
1.6%
10 Bodily injury 96
5%
11 Minor surgery 52
2.7%
12 Other 355
18.4%
Sysmiss 1913
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
The respondent must choose only one category.
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