World Health Survey 2003

Zimbabwe, 2003

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Reference ID

ZWE_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Oct 17, 2013

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how many children slept under mosquito bed (q0564)

Data file: WHS-Zimbabwe_F2

Overview

Valid: 274

Invalid: 3990

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 3

Mean: 0.464

Standard deviation: 0.618

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 216

End: 219

Width: 4

Range: 0 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The Household Questionnaire is to be administered to the "Household Informant", identified in Q0501.
Malaria Prevention: Use of (bed) nets

Literal question

How many of these children slept under a mosquito (bed) net last night?

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of this question is to assess how many young children, a group highly vulnerable to malaria, are being correctly covered by prevention interventions. Record only the number of children aged under five years who slept under a bed net the night before the interview. Do not count children whom the respondent says usually sleep under one, but for some reason did not the previous night.

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