2022 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey
Eighth Edition
Zambia
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ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2022-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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- Demographics2_ANONYMIZED
- IncomeTabulation_ANONYMIZED
- KG_ANONYMIZED
- sect1_sec3_2_Health_ANONYMIZED
- sect1_sect4_4_Education_ANONYMIZED
- sect7_3_Assets_ANONYMIZED
- Sect8_Housing_Characteristics_ANONYMIZED
- Sect9_1_Access_to_Facilities1_ANONYMIZED
- Sect9_2_Access_to_Facilities2_ANONYMIZED
- Sect12_2_Development_Issues_ANONYMIZED
- sect13_3_12_Child_Health_ANONYMIZED
- sect14a_Self_Assessed_Poverty_ANONYMIZED
- sect14b_Coping_Strategies_ANONYMIZED
- Sect15_2_Deaths_ANONYMIZED
Main reason [Name] did not consult or used self medication?, Other Specify (Sec3_q3bother)
Data file: sect1_sec3_2_Health_ANONYMIZED
Overview
Valid:
141
Type:
Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| AMOXYLE AND PIRITON | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| AVAILABILITY OF THE DRUG AT HOME | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME WHAT TO DO SHOULD I FEEL SICK | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Because he was building a house, so he thought it was waste of time to go to the clinic | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| CHECKS HER OWN SUGAR LEVELS GETS MEDICATION ACCORDING TO ADVICE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN BY DOCTOR | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Did first aid to himself | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Didn't see the use of visiting the hospital because of the symptoms, it was well known that she was suffering from malaria, hence giving the medication that was aready in the home | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| EAT CHARCOAL | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Feels self medication is okay | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| He is going today | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| He just bought medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| He preferred to take home made herbal tea for the cough | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| I just want to buy medical | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| I used herbs for treatment | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| MADE DECISIONS FOR HERSELF | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| MEDICATION WAS AVAILABLE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| NO REASON | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| No reason | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Nothing | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| PANADO | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Prefer using self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Prescription was already given by the doctor | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Relative brought some pain killers.. Did not just want to go | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| SELF TREATMENT | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| SHE GOT HER SELF MEDICINE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| SHE JUST BOUGHT | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| SHE TOOK MEDICINE PANADA | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Self Medicinan | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Self medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| She brought her medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Started to feel ill yesterday | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Still has medications from previous consultation | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| THE Household had Panado | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| THEY HAD MEDICINE IN THE HOUSE | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| That's what he could afford | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| USED THE PREVIOUS MEDICINE SHE GOT FROM CLINIC | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Used self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| Visit the heath care tomorrow | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| a plant | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| about to take the baby to the health post | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| administered home remedy | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| already got prescription | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| because medicine from the clinic doesnt cure dysentry | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| because she already knew what medication she would be given at the hospital | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| believes in natural remedies | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought local pain killers | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought medicin | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought medicine | 7 |
5%
|
|
| bought medicines | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought medicines from the shops | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought own medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought pain killers | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought panado and cafenol and | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| bought there own medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| confort with self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| couldn't go alone | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| decided to take ginger home remdey | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| didn't know what to do | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| fear of being vaccinated | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| feels self medication is okay | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| had his own medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| he bought some medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| he self medicated | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| he used his own medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| home remedy | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| its a condition with the eyes that need self care | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just decided to take medication at home | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| just used to drink water | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| knows how to treat onself during the episode of an epileptic attack and after | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| never had money to go for medication. | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no main reason | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| no reason | 4 |
2.8%
|
|
| not familiar with the place | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| nothing | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| other | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| panado | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| planning to go anytime hospital is far | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| prefer self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| prefer using self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| prefers using traditional mediction | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| scared of injections | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| self consultation | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| self medicated | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she bought medicine | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she had a pain killer in her home | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she is going on monday | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she used self medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| she was given medicine at school | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| snake venom was rendered neutral using traditional means | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| still to go today | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the child got sick last night the mother will take the child to the clinic | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the illness was a cough and was simple to treat oneself | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| the mother attended to the child | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| there was no adult to take him to the hospital | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| there was no one to take her to the clinic | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| took ginger | 3 |
2.1%
|
|
| took ginger instead | 3 |
2.1%
|
|
| traditional herbs | 4 |
2.8%
|
|
| use traditional medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| used medicines which he had already | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| used traditional medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| used ginger | 2 |
1.4%
|
|
| used own medication | 3 |
2.1%
|
|
| used own medicine | 4 |
2.8%
|
|
| used self medication | 5 |
3.5%
|
|
| used traditional medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| want to government institution | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| was using herbs | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| went for prayers | 1 |
0.7%
|
|
| went to buy own medication | 1 |
0.7%
|
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.