World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

South Africa, 2003

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Reference ID

ZAF_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-SouthAfrica_F5

Overview

Valid: 2237

Invalid: 115

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	193	8.6%
2	Dissatisfied	252	11.3%
3	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	396	17.7%
4	Satisfied	919	41.1%
5	Very satisfied	477	21.3%
Sysmiss		115

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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