World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Feb 13, 2013

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had cataract told by a physician (q6701)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 115

Invalid: 3823

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1881

End: 1884

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last 5 years, were you diagnosed with a cataract in one or both of your eyes?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	28	24.3%
5	No	87	75.7%
8	Do not remeber	0	0%
Sysmiss		3823

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

This question is only asked to respondents who had a professional eye exam in the last 5 years. The purpose is to identify those respondents who were diagnosed in the last 5 years as having cataracts. Record “yes” if the respondent was diagnosed for cataracts in either one eye or both eyes within the last 5 years. If the respondent was not diagnosed for cataracts, Go to question 6703.

Description

Universe

Questions to be asked only to respondents aged 60 or over.

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World Health Survey 2003 Wave 0