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)

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Q8022: Able to pay for medications/treatments (q8022)
File: GhanaINDData

Overview

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

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

The next questions ask about the impact of providing care on you. I am going to ask whether you face some problems related to your health and well-being since you began providing care for any household members. We want to know how you and your health have been affected by your caregiving duties.

Literal question

As a result of providing care, or the increase in providing care, over the last 12 months, how much difficulty have you had with:paying for medication/treatments for your own ailments / chronic conditions?

Post question

1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme

Categories

Value	Category
1	None
2	Mild
3	Moderate
4	Severe
5	Extreme
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.