Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey, Wave 1, 2004
Kenya, 2004
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KEN_2004_GEHDS-W1_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
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What illness do you think (illness) (h61a)
Data file: health
Overview
Valid:
805
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
20
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What illness do you think [NAME] is suffering from? Illness.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A CUT | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ALLERGY | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| ALLERGY TO SOAP | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ARTHRITIS | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| ARTRITIS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ASTHIMA | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| ASTHMA | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BACK ACHE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BACK PAIN | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BACKACHE | 5 |
0.6%
|
|
| BACKACHE PROBLEM | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BLISTERS ON LUMBER | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BOIL | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| BOILS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BRUCELLOSIS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| BURN | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| CANCER | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| CELEBRAL MALARIA | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHEST PAIN | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| CHEST PROBLEM | 5 |
0.6%
|
|
| CHEST&BACKACHE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| CHICKEN POX | 5 |
0.6%
|
|
| CHILD BIRTH | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| COLD | 163 |
20.2%
|
|
| COLD/CHILLS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| COMMON COLD | 63 |
7.8%
|
|
| CONJUCTIVITIS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| COUGH | 11 |
1.4%
|
|
| COUGH(COLD) | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DIABETIC | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DIARHOEA | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DIARRHEA | 6 |
0.7%
|
|
| DIARRHOE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DIARRHOEA | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DISLOCATED BONE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DISLOCATION | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| DOG BITE | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| DON'T KNOW | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| DONT KNOW | 35 |
4.3%
|
|
| EAR PROBLEM | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| EPILEPSY | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| EYE INJURY | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| EYE PROBLEM | 21 |
2.6%
|
|
| FALL OUT FROM CAR | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| FEVER | 11 |
1.4%
|
|
| FEVER FLU | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| FINGER CUT | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| FLU | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| FOOD POISONING | 6 |
0.7%
|
|
| FRACTURE | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| GNORRHEA | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| HAND DISLOCATION | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HEAD ACHE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HEAD INJURY | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HEAD&BACK PROBLEM | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HEADACHE | 14 |
1.7%
|
|
| HEART PROBLEM | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HIV | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HIV AIDS | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| HIV/AIDS | 10 |
1.2%
|
|
| HIV/AIDS&FRACTURE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HUNGER | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| HYPERTENSION | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| INJURED PRIVATE PART | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| INJURY | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| INTESTINAL PARASITES | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| JOINT DISLOCATION | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| KWASHIOKOR | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| LEG INJURY | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| MALARIA | 280 |
34.8%
|
|
| MEASLES | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| MISSING | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| NERVE DISORDER | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| NOSE BLEEDING | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| OLD AGE | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| ORAL THRUSH | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| PAIN AT HIP JOINT | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| PAINFUL RIBS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| PNEUMONIA | 8 |
1%
|
|
| POISONING | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| PRICKED | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| REMOVAL OF THYROID | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| RESPIRATORY INFECTIO | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| RING WORMS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| RINGWORMS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| SHOCK | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| SKIN DISEASE | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| SKIN RASH | 5 |
0.6%
|
|
| SORE THROAT | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| SPIDER BITES | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| STD | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| STOMACH ACHE | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| STOMACH PROBLEM | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| STOMACH UPSET | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| STOMACH UPSETS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| STOMACHACHE | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| SWELL AROUND THE EAR | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| SWOLLEN FINGER | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| SYPHILIS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| TB | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| THREATENED ABORTION | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| TONSILITIS | 4 |
0.5%
|
|
| TONSILS | 3 |
0.4%
|
|
| TONSOLITIS | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| TOOTH ACHE | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| TOOTH DECAY | 1 |
0.1%
|
|
| TOOTHACHE | 4 |
0.5%
|
|
| TUBERCULOSIS | 4 |
0.5%
|
|
| TYPHOID | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| ULCERS | 5 |
0.6%
|
|
| WITCHCRAFT | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| WORMS | 2 |
0.2%
|
|
| WOUND | 12 |
1.5%
|
|
| WOUNDS | 1 |
0.1%
|
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
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.
Description
Universe
All household members.
Source of information
Primary female respondent