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Codes and Frequencies
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Description
COUTRBADCOUGH indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that a strong, frequent, or continuous cough indicated a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. This response sometimes did not appear on the survey form, but rather was constructed from written-in "other" responses.
Comparability — Index
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, COUTRBADCOUGH is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
An open-ended question about signs of illness with a cough that indicate the child should be taken to a health facility is included in Phase III of the standard DHS questionnaire. COUTRBADCOUGH is a country-specific response category.
Comparability — Chad [top]
The 1996 Chad sample includes "Persistent cough" as a write-in response category.
Universe
- Cameroon 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Egypt 1995: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Ghana 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Mozambique 2003: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 1999: All women age 10-49.
- South Africa 1998: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 1996: All women age 15-49.
Cameroon:
1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B
Chad:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B
Egypt:
1995-C, 1995-B, 1995-W, 1995-W
Ghana:
1998-C, 1998-B, 1998-W
Mozambique:
2003-W, 2003-W, 2003-B, 2003-C
Nigeria:
1999-W, 1999-C, 1999-B
South Africa:
1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B
Zambia:
1996-W, 1996-C, 1996-B
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