Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MICS3 (2007), Nigeria
Third round

Nigeria, 2007

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NGA-NBS-MICS3 2007-v1.2

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National Bureau of Statistics [nbs]

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Sought advice or teatment for illness (Ca8)

Data file: MICS3 Under 5 Children data

Overview

Valid: 363

Invalid: 16730

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 115

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

CA8. Did you seek advice or treatment for the illness outside the home?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	222	61.2%
2	No	138	38%
8	Dk	3	0.8%
9	Missing	0	0%

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

'Seeking care outside the home' means going outside the family or household for advice or treatment. Seeking care could include anything from asking a neighbour for advice, to holding a religious ceremony on the child's behalf, to going to a hospital. If a physician or other provider visits the household to give care, this counts as seeking care outside the home. The child may or may not have accompanied the respondent when he/she sought care. For example, going to buy medicine without the child counts as seeking care

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