Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project

KENYA, 2013
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

African Population and Health Research Center, , , , ,

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Days of diarrhoea (q2_8b)

Data file: pamanech_child_data

Overview

vald 127

invd 860

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 98

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For how many days has (NAME) been ill/ was ill with

(NAME OF ILLNESS)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1		5	3.9%
2		21	16.5%
3		25	19.7%
4		16	12.6%
5		8	6.3%
6		2	1.6%
7		27	21.3%
8		1	0.8%
10		3	2.4%
14		18	14.2%
98	Don't Know	1	0.8%
Sysmiss		860

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

FW: IF CHILD HAD COUGH, ASK IF IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY RAPID BREATH

FW: ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THE ILLNESSES THE CHILD HAD. IF THE

CHILD HAD COUGH AND RAPID BREATH, ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR THE COUGH +RAPID

BREATH (AS OPPOSED TO COUGH ALONE). IF THE CHILD HAS NOT HAD ANY OF THE

ILLNESS END INTERVIEW.

NB: a = FEVER b = DIARRHEA c = COUGH d = COUGH + RAPID BREATH e = CONVULSIONS

RECORD NUMBER OF DAYS IN BOXES PROVIDED.

IF UNKNOWN, OR RESPONDENT IS UNSURE,

RECORD 98 , OTHERWISE RECORD '99

IN THE BOXES IF THERE WAS NO ILLNESS.