World Health Survey 2003

Senegal, 2003

Get Microdata

Reference ID

SEN_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Oct 17, 2013

Last modified

Oct 17, 2013

Page views

52556

Downloads

Why was health care needed? (q7003)

Data file: WHS-Senegal_F5

Overview

Valid: 2067

Invalid: 1159

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 2039

End: 2043

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	840	40.6%
2	Immunization	87	4.2%
3	Antenatal consultation	63	3%
4	Family planning	12	0.6%
5	Childbirth	54	2.6%
6	Dental care	136	6.6%
7	Arthritis	32	1.5%
8	Asthma	19	0.9%
9	Heart disease	39	1.9%
10	Bodily injury	121	5.9%
11	Minor surgery	21	1%
12	Other	643	31.1%
Sysmiss		1159

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.

Back to Catalog