World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003

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GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Feb 13, 2013

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Medications for diabetes (q6044)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 3892

Invalid: 46

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1160

End: 1163

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you been taking insulin, or any other blood sugar lowering medications in the last 2 weeks?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	24	0.6%
5	No	3868	99.4%
8	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		46

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 diabetes other than taking medications. Persons with diabetes can take doses of insulin to help control their blood sugar levels. An answer of “yes” is appropriate only if the respondent was taking insulin or any other medications for diabetes 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 question note Q6002.)

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