Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS3) 2006
Third Round

Ghana, 2006

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GHA-GSS-MICS3-2006-v1.1

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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

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Symptoms that would make a mother take her/son daughter to a health facility: child not able to drink or breastfeed (Ca14a)

Data file: Children under 5 years

Overview

Valid: 592

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 152

End: 152

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTION (CA14) ONLY ONCE
FOR EACH MOTHER/CARETAKER.

Literal question

CA14. 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?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
?	Missing	0	0%
A	Child not able to drink or breatfeed	529	89.4%
C		63	10.6%

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 post text

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.

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