STATISTICAL MICRODATA
This archive provides information describing the content, methodology and implementation of census and survey conducted by the NSO of Mongolia, as well as descriptions of micro data files with the variable documentation.

Mongolia - MICS 2005

MICS
Reference ID MNG-NSO-MICS2005-v1.0
Year 2005
Country Mongolia
Producer(s) National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s) UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation
Ministry of Finance of Mongolia - MoFM - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Symptoms due to problem in chest or blocked nose (CA7)
File: Child
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 565 (564.7)
Invalid: 3003 (2982.3)
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 and breathed faster than usual with short, quick breaths or have difficulty breathing
Source of information
The mother or caretaker of the child aged 0-4 years
Categories
ValueCategoryCasesWeighted
1 Problem in chest 279 278 49.3%
2 Blocked nose 218 218 38.7%
3 Both 35 35 6.2%
6 Other 32 32 5.6%
8 Don't know 1 1 0.2%
Sysmiss 3003 2982
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
Were the symptoms due to a problem in the chest or a blocked nose?
Post question
If answer is 2 or 6 > Go to question CA12
Interviewer instructions
This question aims to find out if the problem needs assessment by a health professional, which does not include a simple cold.

Circle the code corresponding to the caretaker's response. If the symptoms were from a 'Blocked Nose', skip to CA12. If the symptoms were due to 'Other' reasons, write the respondent's description in the line provided, circle '6' and skip to CA12. Otherwise, continue to the next question.

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