The Zambia Access to ACT Initiative Survey 2009
Zambia, 2009
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Illness diagnosis method (d1_19)
Data file: s14health
Overview
Valid:
742
Invalid:
5658
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
76
End:
77
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How was …'s illness diagnosed?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Symptomatic Diagnosis (by provider) |
| 2 | Clinical Diagnosis (by provider with physical laboratory investigation) |
| 3 | Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) |
| 4 | X-ray |
| 96 | Other |
| Sysmiss |
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
Determine how the illness was detected or identified in the sick child. Was it by symptomatic diagnosis (identify illness using symptoms), clinical diagnosis (by physical examination)- examining the sick person by touching or checking the affected parts of the body, microscopy/blood slide (diagnosis by examining blood sample using a microscope), Rapid Diagnostic Test or X-ray? Probe to be precise.
Question post text
If answer is 1, 2 or 5 > Go to 14.21 (d1_21 - variable name in dataset).
Description
Universe
Mother or primary caregiver of child household members < 12 years old who reported illness in the past 1 month.