World Health Survey 2003

Lao PDR, 2003

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Reference ID

LAO_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-Lao_F5

Overview

Valid: 4822

Invalid: 67

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 3043

End: 3046

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	216	4.5%
2	Dissatisfied	317	6.6%
3	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	114	2.4%
4	Satisfied	2851	59.1%
5	Very satisfied	1324	27.5%
Sysmiss		67

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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