World Health Survey 2003

Ecuador, 2003

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Reference ID

ECU_2003_WHS_v01_M

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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-Ecuador_F5

Overview

Valid: 4399

Invalid: 261

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3018

End: 3021

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	255	5.8%
2	Dissatisfied	508	11.5%
3	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	1356	30.8%
4	Satisfied	1915	43.5%
5	Very satisfied	365	8.3%
Sysmiss		261

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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