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Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey (Round 1) 2004

Kenya, 2004
Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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  • aghead_a
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  • aghead_d
  • aghead_e
  • aghead_e1_2
  • agspouse_a
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  • agspouse_c
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  • anthrop_a
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  • assets
  • assets_I8
  • assets_I12
  • assets_I17
  • assets_II
  • assets_II5
  • assets_II11
  • assets_III
  • assets_III7
  • assets_III13
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  • assets_V12
  • assets_VI
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  • identification
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  • shocks_a3
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  • shocks_a27
  • shocks_b30
  • shocks_b33
  • shocks_b36
  • shocks_b40
  • shocks_c44
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CSV JSON

Illness C: (h08c)

Data file: health

Overview

Valid: 289
Invalid: 4499
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 26
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
If illness: can you describe the symptoms that [NAME] suffered from during this illness? What is/was wrong?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Diarrhea (acute) 7
2.4%
2 Diarrhea (chronic, 1 month or more) 1
0.3%
3 Weight loss (major) 1
0.3%
4 Fever (acute) 14
4.8%
5 Fever (recurring) 2
0.7%
6 Skin rash 2
0.7%
7 Weakness 32
11.1%
8 Severe headache 58
20.1%
9 Fainting 0
0%
10 Chills (feeling hot and cold) 8
2.8%
11 Vomiting 22
7.6%
12 Cough 41
14.2%
13 Productive cough 1
0.3%
14 Coughing blood 1
0.3%
15 Pain on passing urine 0
0%
16 Genital sores 0
0%
17 Mental disorder 0
0%
18 Abdominal pain 19
6.6%
19 Sore throat 4
1.4%
20 Difficulty breathing 3
1%
21 Burn 0
0%
22 Fracture 0
0%
23 Wound 0
0%
24 Child birth 2
0.7%
25 Ameobeosis 0
0%
26 Other (specify) 71
24.6%
Sysmiss 4499
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.
var_qstn_ivuinstr
Record the first five symptoms named by the respondent. If there are fewer than five symptoms named, leave the remaining columns blank. Although you should probe for additional symptoms, please do not suggest any specific symptoms to the respondent. Instead, try as best as possible to have the respondent be as specific as possible. For example if she says general weakness, probe for what this might entail.
Question post text
Record up to 5 symptom codes.

Description

Universe
All household members.
Source of information
Primary female respondent
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