World Health Survey 2003

Nepal, 2003

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Reference ID

NPL_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Why was health care needed? (q7003)

Data file: WHS-Nepal_F5

Overview

Valid: 7216

Invalid: 1472

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1945

End: 1949

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	3178	44%
2	Immunization	29	0.4%
3	Antenatal consultation	50	0.7%
4	Family planning	25	0.3%
5	Childbirth	51	0.7%
6	Dental care	228	3.2%
7	Arthritis	195	2.7%
8	Asthma	133	1.8%
9	Heart disease	120	1.7%
10	Bodily injury	383	5.3%
11	Minor surgery	99	1.4%
12	Other	2725	37.8%
Sysmiss		1472

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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