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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Medication or other treatment for asthma (q6019)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3871

Invalid: 67

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1060

End: 1063

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you been taking any medications or other treatment for it (referring to the disease asked about in Q6017), during the last two weeks?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	56	1.4%
5	No	3815	98.6%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		67

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 purpose of this question is to find out if the respondent is currently under treatment for asthma. An answer of “yes” is appropriate only if the respondent was taking any prescription medications for asthma (including using an inhaler to promote opening of airways) during the last two weeks, and not if the person says he or she usually takes medications but for some reason did not during the given period.
See the explanation for question Q6002.

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