World Health Survey 2003

Eswatini, 2003

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Reference ID

SWZ_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Oct 17, 2013

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Jul 18, 2018

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H-Vignette - Set B Q-9 (q2109b)

Data file: WHS-Swaziland_F5

Overview

Valid: 546

Invalid: 2575

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 311

End: 314

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

VIGNETTES FOR HEALTH STATE DESCRIPTIONS
I will now read to you some descriptions of persons with varying levels of difficulties in different areas of health. I would like to know how you view each of these descriptions and rate how much of a problem or difficulty the person described has in that area of health in the same way that you described your health to me. While giving the rating, think of the person as someone who is of your age and background.

Pain and Personal Relationships
[Charlie] can join in any community activities that interest him, whenever he wants to, without any restrictions. He gets on well with everybody and enjoys
meeting new people.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [name of person]
have with personal relationship or participation in the community?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	388	71.1%
2	Mild	49	9%
3	Moderate	57	10.4%
4	Severe	38	7%
5	Extreme	14	2.6%
Sysmiss		2575

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

Show and read rating scale to respondent; use in vignettes country specific female/male first names to match sex of the respondent.

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