Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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H-Vignette - Set B Q-5 (q2105b)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-5

Valid cases: 940
Invalid: 2998

Questions and instructions

Pre question

VIGNETTES FOR HEALTH STATE DESCRIPTIONS
I will now read to you some descriptions of persons with varying levels of difficulties in different areas of health. I would like to know how you view each of these descriptions and rate how much of a problem or difficulty the person described has in that area of health in the same way that you described your health to me. While giving the rating, think of the person as someone who is of your age and background.

Pain and Personal Relationships
[Amala] suffered a stroke three months ago. Her friends do not come and visit anymore as Amala cannot communicate with them. She is constantly upset and
shouts at her family members which causes them to avoid her.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [name of person]
have with personal relationship or participation in the community?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	14	1.5%
2	Mild	8	0.9%
3	Moderate	47	5.0%
4	Severe	538	57.2%
5	Extreme	333	35.4%
Sysmiss		2998

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.

Interviewer instructions

Show and read rating scale to respondent; use in vignettes country specific female/male first names to match sex of the respondent.