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 B Q-16 (q2116b)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 936

Invalid: 3002

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 340

End: 343

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
[Laura] has a headache once a month that is relieved one hour after taking a pill. During the headache she can carry on with her day to day affairs.

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much bodily discomfort did [name of person]have?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	149	15.9%
2	Mild	469	50.1%
3	Moderate	190	20.3%
4	Severe	74	7.9%
5	Extreme	54	5.8%
Sysmiss		3002

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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