World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003

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Reference ID

LKA_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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when was the youngest child sick (q6550)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F5

Overview

Valid: 1464

Invalid: 5268

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1661

End: 1664

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When was the last time [NAME] was sick with fever, diarrhoea, or any other illness?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Within the last 2 weeks	212	14.5%
2	2 weeks-less than 1 month ago	242	16.5%
3	1 month-3 months ago	195	13.3%
4	More than 3 months ago	266	18.2%
5	Never was sick	549	37.5%
Sysmiss		5268

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 point of this question is to identify the child's last period of illness. Three principal causes of death in children under five are diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. The questions about these and other childhood illnesses aim to determine how children with these problems are treated, and the extent of their contact with the health care system. The time from the child’s last incidence of illness should be recorded in the appropriate box. If the interviewer is not clear about time he/she should probe according to options given in the questionnaire.

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Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.

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