Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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when was the youngest child sick (q6550)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-5

Valid cases: 1701
Invalid: 2237

Questions and instructions

Universe

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

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	379	22.3%
2	2 weeks-less than 1 month ago	248	14.6%
3	1 month-3 months ago	367	21.6%
4	More than 3 months ago	351	20.6%
5	Never was sick	356	20.9%
Sysmiss		2237

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.