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Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey (Round 1) 2004

Kenya, 2004
Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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What illness professional think (illness) (h60a)

Data file: health

Overview

Valid: 469
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Width: 20
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What illness did the health practitioner think [NAME] had? Illness.
Categories
Value Category Cases
99 1
0.2%
ACUTE RESP INFECTION 1
0.2%
AIDS 1
0.2%
ALLERGY 3
0.6%
ALLERGY TO COLD 1
0.2%
AMEOBESIS 1
0.2%
AMOEBA 1
0.2%
ARTRITIS 1
0.2%
ASTHIMA 1
0.2%
ASTHMA 3
0.6%
BACK ACHE 1
0.2%
BACKACHE 1
0.2%
BACKACHE PROBLEM 1
0.2%
BLISTER ON LUMBER 1
0.2%
BOIL 2
0.4%
BONE DISEASE 1
0.2%
BRUCELLOSIS 1
0.2%
BURN 3
0.6%
CELEBRAL MALARIA 1
0.2%
CHEST PAIN 1
0.2%
CHEST PROBLEM 5
1.1%
CHEST&BACK ACHE 1
0.2%
CHICKEN POX 3
0.6%
CHILD BIRTH 2
0.4%
COLD 26
5.5%
COMMON COLD 13
2.8%
COUGH 2
0.4%
CYST IN WOMB 1
0.2%
DAMAGED VERICOS VEIN 1
0.2%
DIABETIC 1
0.2%
DIABETIS 1
0.2%
DIARHOEA 1
0.2%
DIARRHEA 2
0.4%
DOG BITE 3
0.6%
DON'T KNOW 1
0.2%
DONT KNOW 24
5.1%
EAR PROBLEM 2
0.4%
EPILEPSY 1
0.2%
EYE ALLERGY 2
0.4%
EYE DISEASE 2
0.4%
EYE PROBLEM 7
1.5%
FALL OUT FROM CAR 1
0.2%
FEVER 2
0.4%
FINGER CUT 1
0.2%
FRACTURE 5
1.1%
GENITAL HERPES 1
0.2%
HEAD ACHE 1
0.2%
HEAD INJURY 1
0.2%
HEAD&BACK PROBLEM 1
0.2%
HEADACHE 2
0.4%
HEART PROBLEM 1
0.2%
HEPATITIS 1
0.2%
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 1
0.2%
HIV AIDS 4
0.9%
HIV/AIDS 11
2.3%
HYPERTENSION 1
0.2%
INJURY 3
0.6%
INSECT BITE 1
0.2%
INTESTINAL PARASITES 1
0.2%
JOINT DISLOCATION 2
0.4%
KWASHIOKOR 1
0.2%
LOW SUGAR 1
0.2%
MALARIA 214
45.6%
MALARIA + PNEUMONIA 1
0.2%
MEASLES 2
0.4%
MENINGITIS 1
0.2%
MUMPS 1
0.2%
NOT TOLD 2
0.4%
OTITIS 1
0.2%
PNEUMONIA 9
1.9%
POISONING 1
0.2%
RESPIRATORY INFECTIO 2
0.4%
SEPTIC WOUND 1
0.2%
SHE WAS NOT TOLD 1
0.2%
SKIN ALLERGY 1
0.2%
SKIN DISEASE 1
0.2%
SKIN RASH 3
0.6%
SORE THROAT 1
0.2%
STD INFECTION 1
0.2%
STOMACH ACHE 1
0.2%
STOMACH PROBLEM 1
0.2%
STOMACH ULCERS 1
0.2%
STOMACH UPSETS 1
0.2%
STOMACHACHE 2
0.4%
SWOLLEN FINGER 1
0.2%
SYPHILIS 1
0.2%
TB 1
0.2%
TEETHING 1
0.2%
THYROID REMOVAL 1
0.2%
TONSILIS 1
0.2%
TONSILITIS 4
0.9%
TONSILITS 1
0.2%
TONSILS 2
0.4%
TOOTH DECAY 1
0.2%
TOOTHACHE 3
0.6%
TUBERCLOSIS 2
0.4%
TUBERCULOSIS 8
1.7%
TYPHOID 7
1.5%
TYPHOID FEVER 2
0.4%
ULCERS 3
0.6%
UPPER RESP INFECTION 1
0.2%
VENERIAL DISEASE 1
0.2%
WAS NOT TOLD 1
0.2%
WORMS 1
0.2%
WOUND 5
1.1%
WOUNDS 1
0.2%
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
The interviewer should not attempt to help the respondent to diagnose his/her illness. You should ask the respondent what illness the person was suffering from and directly record the answer, even if you do not agree.
Question post text
*If multiple practicioners have been consulted, record most recent diagnosis.

Description

Universe
All household members.
Source of information
Primary female respondent