Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Jan 06, 2014

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Difficulty breathing during illness with cough (CA8)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 4112

Invalid: 7146

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 147

End: 147

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When the child had an illness with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual, with short, rapid breaths or have difficulty breathing?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	2811	68.4%
2	No	1290	31.4%
8	DK	11	0.3%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		7146

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 question aims to find out if the child has or had an illness requiring assessment by a health professional.

If the respondent asks “What do you mean by 'fast breathing'?” you may say “noticeably faster than normal when the child is rested.” If the respondent asks “What do you mean by 'difficulty breathing'?” you may say “The child sounded/looked as if he/she was having trouble breathing.” You may give other explanations that were developed and tested during the adaptation and pre-testing of the questionnaire. Circle the code corresponding to the response. If the answer is 'Yes', continue to the next question. Otherwise, skip to CA14.

Description

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child under five.

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