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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Glare from bright lights (q6704)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

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

Valid cases: 593
Invalid: 3345

Questions and instructions

Universe

Questions to be asked only to respondents aged 60 or over.

Literal question

In the last 12 months, have you experienced any of the following… Vision problems with light, such as glare from bright lights, or halos around lights?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	277	46.7%
5	No	316	53.3%
8	Do not know	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		3345

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

If the respondent does not understand the meaning of this question, read the following:
“Problems with light could be when you find bright lights uncomfortably harsh to look at, or you see unusual circles around lights.”