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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told by doctor for suffering malaria (q6568)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 1019
Invalid: 2919

Questions and instructions

Universe

Questions only to be asked in malaria endemic areas.

Literal question

In the last 12 months did [NAME] have an episode of malaria?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	653	64.1%
5	No	366	35.9%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		2919

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

fever during the last reported episode of illness. The purpose is to identify young children a case of malaria in the past 12 months.

If No or DK : Go to Q6600

RECORD ALL TREATMENTS MENTIONED