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DATA SHEET
Table: Environmental Factors Affecting Child Health in
India, NFHS-2 Data
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Percent of Children suffering
in past two weeks from |
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INDIA |
Cough accompanied
by fast breathing
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Fever |
Diarrhoea
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Number of
Children |
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Any |
with blood
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Age of the Child
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1-5 months
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17.4 |
20.9 |
16.9 |
0.9 |
5074 |
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6-11 months
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23.7 |
33.6 |
25.1 |
2.8 |
4901 |
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12-23 months
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20.0 |
33.4 |
21.3 |
2.9 |
10076 |
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24-35 months
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17.5 |
27.8 |
15.1 |
3.0 |
9813 |
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Sex of the Child
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Male |
20.7 |
30.3 |
19.4 |
2.5 |
15515 |
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Female |
17.9 |
28.5 |
18.9 |
2.6 |
14349 |
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Standard of living Index
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Low |
21.0 |
29.8 |
19.9 |
3.2 |
10710 |
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Medium |
19.4 |
30.1 |
19.7 |
2.6 |
13906 |
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High |
15.7 |
26.7 |
16.1 |
1.3 |
4889 |
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Source of Drinking
Water
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Piped water
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15.1 |
28.4 |
19.3 |
1.8 |
9697 |
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Hand Pump |
21.7 |
29.6 |
19.2 |
3.2 |
13343 |
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Well water
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21.1 |
30.9 |
18.5 |
2.5 |
5834 |
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Surface Water
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19.3 |
30.0 |
22.1 |
3.8 |
783 |
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Other |
17.6 |
34.6 |
16.8 |
1.4 |
200 |
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Purification of water
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Staining by cloth
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18.6 |
29.0 |
22.0 |
2.3 |
5151 |
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Alum
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20.3 |
29.0 |
18.8 |
1.6 |
323 |
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Water filter
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12.2 |
25.4 |
15.2 |
0.9 |
1159 |
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Boiling |
16.9 |
31.2 |
16.5 |
1.8 |
2054 |
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Electronic Purifier
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20.8 |
24.2 |
18.0 |
0.1 |
69 |
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Nothing |
19.9 |
29.6 |
19.0 |
2.8 |
216 |
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Other |
23.3 |
30.3 |
25.2 |
3.3 |
21673 |
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Total |
19.3 |
29.5 |
15.0 |
2.6 |
29864 |
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Source: I.I.P.S: NFHS Survey
(NFHS-2), India, 1998-99
NFHS –2 Survey collected data
regarding the prevalence and treatment of acute
respiratory infection (ARI), fever and diarrhoea.
Mothers of children less than three years old were asked
if their children suffered from cough, fever or
diarrhoea during the two weeks preceding the survey and
it so, the type of treatment given. Accuracy of all
these measures is affected by the reliability of the
mother’s recall of when the disease episode occurred.
The two-week recall period is thought to be most
suitable for ensuring that there will be an adequate
number of cases to analyze and that recall errors will
not be too serious. Table above shows the percentage of
children with cough accompanied by fast breathing
(symptoms of acute respiratory infection), fever and
diarrhoea during the two weeks preceding the survey by
selected background characteristics in India.
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