Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014

Guyana, 2014

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GUY_2014_MICS_v01_M

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United Nations Children’s Fund, Guyana Bureau of Statistics, Guyana Ministry of Public Health

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

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Symptoms: Child has diarrhoea for more than 1 week (IS2I)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 1502

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 202

End: 202

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Sometimes children have severe illnesses and should be taken immediately to a health facility.
What types of symptoms would cause you to take a child under the age of 5 to a health facility right away?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
?	Missing	59	3.9%
I	Child has diarrhoea for more than 1 week	1443	96.1%

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 for symptoms that would cause the respondent to take a child to a health facility right away. Probe by saying 'any other symptoms' and keep asking for more signs or symptoms until the mother/caretaker cannot recall any additional symptoms.

Circle all symptoms mentioned, but do not prompt with any suggestions. If you are not sure whether a certain sign as reported by the respondent fits in one of the above categories, write it down in full and check with your supervisor later.

If the respondent mentions a symptom not listed here, write the description of the symptom in the space provided for 'Other' and circle 'X' 'Y', and 'Z', for additional symptoms not listed).

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