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are there who had symptoms of ARI in the two weeks before the survey? It’s 894 children or 5.4% of the<br />

<strong>16</strong>,548 children under age five (with rounding). The second panel is a subset of the first panel.<br />

Step 4: Only 5.4% of children under age five had symptoms of ARI in the two weeks before the survey.<br />

Once these children are further divided into the background characteristic categories, there may be too few<br />

cases for the percentages to be reliable.<br />

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What percentage of children under age five whose mothers have more than secondary education<br />

who had symptoms of ARI in the two weeks before the survey sought advice or treatment? There<br />

is no number in this cell—only an asterisk. This is because fewer than 25 children under age five<br />

whose mothers have more than secondary education had symptoms of ARI in the two weeks<br />

before the survey and sought treatment or advice. Results for this group are not reported. The<br />

subgroup is too small, and therefore the data are not reliable.<br />

Although not shown in the table above, you may find tables with percentages in parentheses. The<br />

percentage is in parentheses because there are between 25 and 49 cases (unweighted) in the<br />

category. Readers should use this number with caution—it may not be reliable. (For more<br />

information on weighted and unweighted numbers, see Example 3.)<br />

Note: When parentheses or asterisks are used in a table, the explanation will be noted under the table. If there are no<br />

parentheses or asterisks in a table, you can proceed with confidence that enough cases were included in all categories that the<br />

data are reliable.<br />

Reading and Understanding the <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong> MDHS • xxix

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