Interviewer instructions
This is an intuitive question and the respondents will respond as they please and the interviewer must accept the given response. The respondent should answer according to how she considers his/her health status without assigning an illness status on the respondent. If they report having no illness in the last 4 weeks but look visibly ill, you should nevertheless record them as having no illness. Moreover, even if they report, “I have not been ill, but I have had a fever.” you should record them as having no illness.
The interviewer MUST NOT question the health status of any household member even if they know the household situation.