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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eye surgery to remove cataract (q6702)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 36

Invalid: 3902

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1885

End: 1888

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last 5 years, have you had eye surgery to remove your cataract (s)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	9	25%
5	No	27	75%
Sysmiss		3902

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 diagnosis of cataracts in one or both eyes. It is important that the time period for the medical intervention (the last 5 years) be clearly understood by the respondent, otherwise the results may not be comparable and it will be difficult to properly assess how well the health system is responding to people’s needs.

Description

Universe

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

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