World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

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GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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Treatment for malaria (q6566)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 1153

Invalid: 2785

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1781

End: 1784

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During [NAME]'s last episode of fever, did [NAME] receive any treatment for malaria? If yes, what was taken?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1056	91.6%
5	No	97	8.4%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		2785

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 set of questions (Q6566-Q6567) is asked in malaria endemic areas, and only if the child is reported to have suffered from the most common symptom of malaria, fever (question Q6551). A response of "Antimalarial medication" as treatment received is only appropriate if the child was prescribed such by a physician or other qualified health worker. If the respondent first simply answers that the child was given treatment but without specifying the type (such as simply “pill or syrup”), the interviewer should probe whether it was an antibiotic, antimalarial or other type.

If No or DK : Go to Q6568

Description

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Questions only to be asked in malaria endemic areas.

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World Health Survey 2003 Wave 0