Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008
Wave 1

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum

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Health Demography

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Q2518: Pain/surgery on left? (q2518)

Data file: GhanaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

FILTER: If respondent has obvious problem with hand/arm, skip that side. If problems with both hands/arms, answer 1=yes to Q2518 and Q2519, then è skip to Q2525. Make sure you fit the dynamometer to the respondent's hand size.

We are now going to test the strength in your hands.

Literal question

Have you had any surgery on your left arm, hand or wrist in the last 3 months OR arthritis or pain in your left hand or wrist?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

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.

Question post text

1 Yes ... Do not test Left hand
2 No

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