Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Suriname, 2010

Reference ID

SUR_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing, General Bureau of Statistics, Institute for Social Research

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Jan 06, 2014

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Days after fever started first took anti-malarial (ML11)

Data file: ch

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 3462

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 202

End: 202

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How long after the fever started did (name) first take (name of anti-malarial from ML6 or ML9)?

Categories

Value	Category
0	Same day
1	Next day
2	2 days after the fever
3	3 days after the fever
4	4 or more days after the fever
8	DK
9	Missing
Sysmiss

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 asks about the time interval between the beginning of the child's fever and when he/she took the first dose of an anti-malarial medicine to treat the fever.

If multiple anti-malarial medicines are mentioned in ML6 or ML9, name all anti-malarials mentioned. Record the code for the day on which an anti-malarial was given for the first time. If he/she started taking (the anti-malarial) the same day the fever started, circle '0' for 'Same day'. If the anti-malarial was first given the next day (the day after the fever began), circle '1' for 'Next day' and so on. If the respondent does not know how long after the fever started the child first took the anti-malarial, circle '8'.

Description

Source of information

The mother or caretaker of the child under five.

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