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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
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Feb 13, 2013
Last modified
Dec 05, 2013
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Bodily discomfort (q2031)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3923
Invalid: 15
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 144
End: 147
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.

Pain and Discomfort
Literal question
In the last 30 days, how much bodily discomfort did you have?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 None 1873
47.7%
2 Mild 1053
26.8%
3 Moderate 688
17.5%
4 Severe 270
6.9%
5 Extreme 39
1%
Sysmiss 15
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
Read and show scale to respondent.
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