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

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor R. Biritwum

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Oct 17, 2013

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P2002: Moving around (p2002)

Data file: GhanaINDDataProxy

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to review the different functions of her/his body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty the respondent may have, I would like you to consider how much difficulty s/he had, on average, in the last 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that s/he usually does it. By difficulty, I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way s/he does the activity

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [NAME] have with moving around?

Categories

Value	Category
1	None
2	Mild
3	Moderate
4	Severe
5	Extreme
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: Read and show scale to proxy.

Question post text

1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme/Cannot do

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