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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Dec 05, 2013

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seeing and recognizing person from across road (q2071)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3913

Invalid: 25

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 168

End: 171

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Health State Descriptions Time Begin
Now I would like to review different functions of your body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty, I would like you to consider how much difficulty you have had, on an average, in the past 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that you usually do it. By difficulty I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity. Please answer this question taking into account any assistance you have available.

Vision

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have in Seeing and recognizing a person you know across the road (i.e. from a distance of about 20 meters)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	3103	79.3%
2	Mild	290	7.4%
3	Moderate	305	7.8%
4	Severe	167	4.3%
5	Extreme	48	1.2%
Sysmiss		25

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 person should answer this question taking into account any assistive device (glasses or contact lenses) he/she may be using. “Seeing and recognizing a person” under normal circumstances.One would not be expected to recognize a person on a foggy or stormy day for example.

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