STATISTICAL MICRODATA
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Mongolia - MICS 2000

MICS
Reference ID MNG-NSO-EN-MICS2000-v1.0
Year 2000
Country Mongolia
Producer(s) National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s) UNICEF - UNICEF - Funding of survey implementation
Collection(s)
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
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Symptoms due to problem in chest or blocked nose (ci8)
File: Child
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 255
Invalid: 5929
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Universe
Children aged under 5
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Blocked nose 89 34.9%
2 Problem in chest 108 42.4%
3 Both 31 12.2%
4 Other 21 8.2%
7 Missing 2 0.8%
9 Don't know 4 1.6%
Sysmiss 5929
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?
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 CA11. If the symptoms were due to 'Other' reasons, write the
respondent's description in the line provided, circle '4' and skip to CA11. Otherwise,
continue to the next question.

National Statistical Office of Mongolia