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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R-Vignette - Set D Q-18 (q7518d)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 612

Invalid: 3326

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3008

End: 3011

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

I am now going to read you stories about people's experiences with health care services. I wanted you to think about these people's experiences as if they were your own. Once I have finished reading each story, I will ask you to rate what happened in th estory as very good, good, moderate, bad or very bad.

Use in vignettes country specific female/male first names to match sex of the respondent (with exceptions specified in the "Guide to Administration and Question by Question Specifications").

[Jane] gave birth in hospital. Her husband was permitted to visit her every morning and evening. [Jane] was able to contact her family and friends once a day.

Literal question

For [Jane’s] last hospital stay, how would you rate her experience of
staying in contact with the outside world when she was in hospital?

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very good	197	32.2%
2	Good	329	53.8%
3	Moderate	72	11.8%
4	Bad	10	1.6%
5	Very bad	4	0.7%
Sysmiss		3326