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World Health Survey 2003

Lao PDR, 2003
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LAO_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes
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Oct 17, 2013
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Back Pain (q6007)

Data file: WHS-Lao_F5

Overview

Valid: 4878
Invalid: 11
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 999
End: 1002
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Have you experienced back pain (including disc problems) during the last 30 days?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 1386
28.4%
5 No 3492
71.6%
Sysmiss 11
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
The intention of this question is to identify people who have back pain that could be related either to osteoarthirits or other problems such as trauma and disc displacement in the spine. This question should be asked to everyone.
If no, go to Q6009.
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