Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School

Sponsor(s)

US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q2000: Health today (q2000)
File: GhanaINDData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 14
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Now we will switch to questions specifically about your health. The first questions are about your overall health, including both your physical and your mental health. By difficulty in the second question, I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity.

Literal question

In general, how would you rate your health today?

Post question

1 Very good
2 Good
3 Moderate
4 Bad
5 Very bad

Categories

Value	Category
1	Very good
2	Good
3	Moderate
4	Bad
5	Very bad
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

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.