World Health Survey 2003
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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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maintaining general appearance (q2021)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3928

Invalid: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 136

End: 139

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Health State Descriptions Time Begin
Now I would like to review different functions of your body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty, I would like you to consider how much difficulty you have had, on an average, in the past 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that you usually do it. By difficulty I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity. Please answer this question taking into account any assistance you have available.

Self Care

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have in taking care of and maintaining your general appearance (e.g. grooming, looking neat and tidy etc.)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	3512	89.4%
2	Mild	231	5.9%
3	Moderate	128	3.3%
4	Severe	44	1.1%
5	Extreme	13	0.3%
Sysmiss		10

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

This question may capture people who may have no difficulty with the basics of washing and dressing, but who may have difficulty taking care of some other aspects of their appearance, such as combing hair or putting on makeup.

Read and show scale to respondent.

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