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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
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Short, rapid breaths (H31b)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 2919
Invalid: 101889
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 377
End: 377
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
When (NAME) had an illness with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual with short, rapid breaths or have difficulty breathing?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 1709
58.5%
1 Yes 1196
41%
8 Dk 14
0.5%
9 Missing 46
Sysmiss 101843
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.

Description

Universe
Living children who suffered from a cough in the last two weeks (B5(HIDX)=1 and H31=1:2)
Source of information
Respondent
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