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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Satisfied with health (q8002)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3855

Invalid: 83

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3044

End: 3047

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How satisfied are you with your health?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very dissatisfied	119	3.1%
2	Dissatisfied	336	8.7%
3	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	565	14.7%
4	Satisfied	2010	52.1%
5	Very satisfied	825	21.4%
Sysmiss		83

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

By satisfied we mean if you wish you had a better physical and/or mental health. Respondents may think of how their present health state affects their life. A person may have diabetes but have no problems with his/her condition and be, therefore, satisfied with his/her health.

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