Difficulty breathing during illness with cough
(CA6)
File: Child
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range:
1-9
| Valid cases: 1255 (1254.2)
Invalid: 2313 (2292.8)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 8
|
Universe
Children aged 0-4 years and who had an illness with a cough at any time in the last 2 weeks
Source of information
The mother or caretaker of the child aged 0-4 years
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|
|
1
|
Yes
|
565
| 565 | ![]() 45.0%
|
|
2
|
No
|
682
| 682 | ![]() 54.3%
|
|
8
|
Don't know
|
8
| 8 | ![]() 0.6%
|
|
Sysmiss
| |
2313
| 2293 | |
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.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
When (name) had an illness with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual with short, quick breaths or have difficulty breathing?
Post question
If answer is 2 or 8 > Go to question CA12
Interviewer instructions
The question aims to find out if the child has or had an illness needing assessment by a health professional (as defined by the CDC/IMCI programme).
If the respondent asks "What do you mean by 'fast breathing'?" you may say "noticeably faster than normal when the child is rested". If the respondent asks "What do you mean by 'difficulty breathing'?" you may say "The child sounded/looked as if he/she was having trouble breathing." You may give other explanations that were developed and tested during the adaptation and pre-testing of the questionnaire. Circle the code corresponding to the response. If the answer is 'Yes', continue to the next question. Otherwise, skip to CA12.
