World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collections

Health

Metadata

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Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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H-Vignette - Set A Q-1 (q2101a)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 1003

Invalid: 2935

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 200

End: 203

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

VIGNETTES FOR HEALTH STATE DESCRIPTIONS
I will now read to you some descriptions of persons with varying levels of difficulties in different areas of health. I would like to know how you view each of these descriptions and rate how much of a problem or difficulty the person described has in that area of health in the same way that you described your health to me. While giving the rating, think of the person as someone who is of your age and background.

Mobility and Affect
[Jan] feels nervous and anxious. He worries and thinks negatively about the future, but feels better in the company of people or when doing something that really interests him. When he is alone he tends to feel useless and empty.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much of a problem did [name of person]
have with feeling sad, low, or depressed?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	17	1.7%
2	Mild	62	6.2%
3	Moderate	323	32.2%
4	Severe	477	47.6%
5	Extreme	124	12.4%
Sysmiss		2935

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

Show and read rating scale to respondent; use in vignettes country specific female/male first names to match sex of the respondent.

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