World Health Survey 2003

Tunisia, 2003

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Reference ID

TUN_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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had cataract told by a physician (q6701)

Data file: WHS-Tunisia_F5

Overview

Valid: 425

Invalid: 4644

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1880

End: 1883

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last 5 years, were you diagnosed with a cataract in one or both of your eyes?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	188	44.2%
5	No	237	55.8%
8	Do not remeber	0	0%
Sysmiss		4644

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

This question is only asked to respondents who had a professional eye exam in the last 5 years. The purpose is to identify those respondents who were diagnosed in the last 5 years as having cataracts. Record “yes” if the respondent was diagnosed for cataracts in either one eye or both eyes within the last 5 years. If the respondent was not diagnosed for cataracts, Go to question 6703.

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

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