UPHD - Maternal and child health project

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

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Was the scar present? (v0606)

Data file: recruitment (first visit)

Overview

vald 5391

invd 3

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

6.6 Would you mind if I check (NAME) to see if there is an immunization scar?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scar present	678	12.6%
2	Scar absent	259	4.8%
9	Child not examined	96	1.8%
98	Child is dead	39	0.7%
99	Not applicable	4319	80.1%
Sysmiss		3

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.

Question pretext

FW: CHECK 4.6; IF CHILD IS DEAD, CIRCLE "98" ELSE ASK:

Question post text

INSPECT THE CHILD'S LEFT ARM FOR BCG SCAR:

IF SCAR IS PRESENT, CIRCLE 1; IF THE SCAR IS ABSENT, CIRCLE 0; IF THE CHILD IS NOT EXAMINED, CIRCLE 9.

Interviewer instructions

INSPECT THE CHILD'S LEFT ARM FOR BCG SCAR:

IF SCAR IS PRESENT, CIRCLE 1; IF THE SCAR IS ABSENT, CIRCLE 0; IF THE CHILD IS NOT EXAMINED, CIRCLE 9.

Description

Text

This question ensures that the FW physically checks the arm of the child to see if there is an immunization scar.