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Family Survey 2010

West Bank and Gaza, 2010
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Symptoms: Child becomes sicker (IS2B)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 2939
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 616
End: 616
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 your child to a health facility right away?
Probe: Any other symptoms?
Categories
Value Category Cases
? Missing 0
0%
B Child becomes sicker 2939
100%
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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Source of information
The eligible woman selected for interview
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