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 C Q-2 (q2102c)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

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

Valid cases: 991
Invalid: 2947

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.

Vision, Sleep and Energy
[Jennifer] only reads if the text is in very large print, such as 10 lines per page. Otherwise she does not read anything. Even when people are close to her, she
sees them blurred.

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you think [name of person] have in seeing and recognizing an object at arm’s length or in reading?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	53	5.3%
2	Mild	103	10.4%
3	Moderate	234	23.6%
4	Severe	481	48.5%
5	Extreme	120	12.1%
Sysmiss		2947

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.