World Health Survey 2003

Bangladesh, 2003

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Reference ID

BGD_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Oct 17, 2013

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medical care or treatment for mouth or teeth (q6751)

Data file: WHS-Bangladesh_F5

Overview

Valid: 2329

Invalid: 3223

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask you some questions about the condition of your mouth and teeth.

Literal question

During the last 12 months, did you receive medical care or treatment from a dentist or other oral health specialist for this problem with your mouth and/or teeth?

Categories

Value	Cases
1	785	33.7%
5	1544	66.3%
Sysmiss	3223

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

This question is only asked to respondents who reporting having had an oral health problem in the last 12 months.
The purpose is to determine if respondents who had such problems received medical care or treatment for their problem. Only treatment or care from a dentist or other health professional is of interest. If the respondent did not receive any treatment, or only had self-treatment or care from a traditional or faith healer, record “no” and Go to question Q6757.

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