INDEPTH Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2006-2007
Wave 1

South Africa, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

ZAF_2006_INDEPTH-SAGE-W1_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor Stephen Tollman

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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May 19, 2023

Last modified

May 19, 2023

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Q2048: Interference with daily life (q2048)

Data file: INDEPTHSouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Functioning assessment
These next questions ask about difficulties due to health conditions. Health conditions include diseases or illnesses, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs.

Think back over the last 30 days and answer these questions thinking about how much difficulty you had doing the following activities. Some of these questions may seem repetitive, but we do need your attention and it is important to give us answers to each question.

Literal question

In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have Overall, how much did these difficulties interfere with your life?

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: For each question, please circle only one response. 'N/A' means 'not applicable'

Question post text

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

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