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

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Feb 13, 2013

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Back Pain (q6007)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3893

Invalid: 45

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 999

End: 1002

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you experienced back pain (including disc problems) during the last 30 days?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	864	22.2%
5	No	3029	77.8%
Sysmiss		45

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

The intention of this question is to identify people who have back pain that could be related either to osteoarthirits or other problems such as trauma and disc displacement in the spine. This question should be asked to everyone.
If no, go to Q6009.

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