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World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003
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LKA_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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Why did not get medicine (q7019)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F5

Overview

Valid: 235
Invalid: 6497
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 2070
End: 2073
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which reason best explains why you [your child] did not get all the medicines you were prescribed?
1. Could not afford
2. Could not find all medicines
3. Did not believe all the medications were needed
4. Started to feel better
5. Already had some of the medicines at home
6. Other
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Could not afford 91
38.7%
2 Could not find all medicines 41
17.4%
3 Did not believe all the medications were needed 24
10.2%
4 Started to feel better 52
22.1%
5 Already had some of the medicines at home 7
3%
6 Other 20
8.5%
Sysmiss 6497
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.
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