Interviewer instructions
The question seeks to establish the type of sickness/injury the respondent suffered from in the last 4 weeks. The information is important for assessing the types of illnesses/injuries afflicting the population.
Note that there is space for recording information about two possible health problems that the individual may have suffered from over the past four weeks. For those individuals reporting more than one health problem, you must be consistent in recording information about the first problem which is the most severe (as defined by the respondent NOT the interviewer) in the 'Problem 1' columns and those about the second most severe problem in 'Problem 2'.
Do not use the two columns to record multiple responses about a single health problem.
When in doubt or unsure about categorizing (coding) a condition, indicate at the bottom of the page some explanation or detail as needed