Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

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Professor R. Biritwum

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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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P1035: Arithmetic (p1035)

Data file: GhanaINDDataProxy

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 15

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now we want you to remember what your friend or relative was like [10 years] ago and to compare it with what he/she is like now. Ten years ago was in 1996. Below are situations where this person has to use his/her memory or intelligence and we want you to indicate whether this has improved, stayed the same or got worse in that situation over the past [10 years]. Note the importance of comparing his/her present performance with [10 years] ago.
For example, if [10 years] ago this person always forgot where he/she had left things, and he/she still does, then this would be considered "not much change".

Literal question

Compared with [10 years] ago how is this person at…handling other everyday arithmetic problems, for example, knowing how much food to buy, knowing how long between visits from family or friends?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Much improved
2	A bit improved
3	Not much change
4	A bit worse
5	Much worse
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

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

INTERVIEWER: can show the respondent the scale and read the categories.

Question post text

1 MUCH IMPROVED
2 A BIT IMPROVED
3 NOT MUCH CHANGE
4 A BIT WORSE
5 MUCH WORSE
6 DON'T KNOW

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