World Health Survey 2003

Malawi, 2003

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Reference ID

MWI_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Satisfied with health (q8002)

Data file: WHS-Malawi_F5

Overview

Valid: 5258

Invalid: 48

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3017

End: 3020

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How satisfied are you with your health?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very dissatisfied	135	2.6%
2	Dissatisfied	516	9.8%
3	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	685	13%
4	Satisfied	2069	39.3%
5	Very satisfied	1853	35.2%
Sysmiss		48

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

By satisfied we mean if you wish you had a better physical and/or mental health. Respondents may think of how their present health state affects their life. A person may have diabetes but have no problems with his/her condition and be, therefore, satisfied with his/her health.

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