Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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Angina treated (q6010)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-8

Valid cases: 3871
Invalid: 67

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever been treated for it (referring to the disease asked about in question Q6009)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	178	4.6%
5	No	3693	95.4%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		67

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 purpose of this question is to find out if the respondent has been treated for disease referred to in the preceding question (angina). This question should to all respondents. In the case of the question about the diagnosis of the disease, the respondent is given an open time frame for recall. The respondent may have had a diagnosis in the past and may have been treated for it. If so, the respondent may not have symptoms of the disease
anymore. This is important to know in order to better understand the responses to the symptomatic questions in this section about angina.