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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)
Collections
Health
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Feb 13, 2013
Last modified
Dec 05, 2013
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H-Vignette - Set B Q-8 (q2108b)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 940
Invalid: 2998
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 308
End: 311
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.

Pain and Personal Relationships
[Katie] cannot remember when she last felt pain as this has not happened for the last several years now. She does not experience any pain even after hard
physical labor or exercise.
Literal question
In the last 30 days, how much bodily discomfort did [name of person]
have?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 None 814
86.6%
2 Mild 76
8.1%
3 Moderate 18
1.9%
4 Severe 15
1.6%
5 Extreme 17
1.8%
Sysmiss 2998
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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