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World Health Survey 2003
Wave 0

Ghana, 2003
Reference ID
GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Health
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Feb 13, 2013
Last modified
Dec 05, 2013
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Glare from bright lights (q6704)

Data file: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Valid: 593
Invalid: 3345
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 1893
End: 1896
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In the last 12 months, have you experienced any of the following… Vision problems with light, such as glare from bright lights, or halos around lights?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 277
46.7%
5 No 316
53.3%
8 Do not know 0
0%
Sysmiss 3345
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
If the respondent does not understand the meaning of this question, read the following:
“Problems with light could be when you find bright lights uncomfortably harsh to look at, or you see unusual circles around lights.”

Description

Universe
Questions to be asked only to respondents aged 60 or over.
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