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TABLE 17.3
Nyamongo’s (1998) Codebook: How Gusii Respond to Malaria
Variable Description
Column Code and Variable Values
1–3 RESP ID Informant number, from 001–035
4–11 NAME Name of the informant
12–13 AGE Age in years as reported by the informant.
14–18 GENDER 1 female, 2 male
19–32 OCC Occupation of the informant. This is a nominal variable.
The possible entries are housewife (1), farmer (2), retired
worker (3), security guard (4), teacher (5), student (6),
artisan (7), village elder (8), and n.a. if the informant
reported no occupation.
33 SES Socioeconomic status is an ordinal variable measured by
presence of the following in the homestead: 1 grassthatched
house, 2 iron-sheet-roofed, dirt-floor house,
3 iron-sheet-roofed, cemented-floor house, 4
semipermanent house, 5 permanent house, 9
information not available
.
.
41 CAUSE1 Mosquito is mentioned by informant as the cause of
malaria: 1 yes, 0 no
42 CAUSE2 Eating sugarcane, ripe bananas, and roast green maize are
mentioned by informant as the cause of malaria: 1 yes,
0 no
43 CAUSE3 Causes other than CAUSE1 and CAUSE2 are given: 1
yes, 0 no
.
.
48 CTRL1 What should be done to reduce malaria cases? 1 keep
compound clean, 0 other
49 CTRL2 What should be done to reduce malaria cases? 1 take
medicine for prophylaxis, 0 other
50 CTRL3 What should be done to reduce malaria cases? 1 use net
or spray or burn coil, 0 other
51 CTRL4 What should be done to reduce malaria cases? 1 nothing
can be done, 0 other
52 DIAG Diagnosis of illness by the informant: 1 malaria, 0
other illness
53 FACTOR1 Does cost influence whether people use home management
or hospital-based care? 1 yes, 0 no
54 FACTOR2 Does duration of sickness influence whether people use
home management or hospital-based care? 1 yes, 0 no