World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Health

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Feb 13, 2013

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Dec 05, 2013

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needs care because of a long term illness (q0571)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F2

Overview

Valid: 4014

Invalid: 145

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 268

End: 271

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is there anyone in your home, a child or adult) who needs care because of a long-term physical or mental illness or disability, or is getting old and weak?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	108	2.7%
5	No	3906	97.3%
Sysmiss		145

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

If that person is picked randomly as the respondent they will be interviewed in the institution (if condition is chronic and return home in the near future is unlikely) or upon return to home (if the condition is acute and return to home is likely in the next 2 weeks).
If No: Go to Next Section.

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