Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

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Reference ID GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M
Year 2007 - 2008
Country Ghana
Producer(s) Professor R. Biritwum - Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School
Sponsor(s) US National Institute on Aging - NIA - Financial support through Interagency Agreements (OGHA 04034785; YA1323-08-CN-0020; Y1-AG-1005-01) and Grants (R01-AG034479; IR21-AG034263-0182)
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Feb 13, 2013
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P1008: Mother tongue (p1008)
File: GhanaINDDataProxy
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 23
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-88
Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0
Questions and instructions
Pre question
As described in the consent form, [respondent's name] was selected to be part of this study, but may find it difficult to complete the interview. The health and well-being of people like [respondent's name] is important for this research and this is why we want to ask the following questions. I will be asking you a number of questions about the health and well being of the respondent.
Literal question
What is the respondent's mother tongue?
By mother tongue we mean the language the respondent learned first, the language that the respondent expressed her/himself fully in, or voluntarily would identify with.
Post question
1 Assamee
2 Bengali
3 English
4 Gujarati
5 Hindi
6 Kannada
7 Kashmiri
8 Konkani
9 Malayam
10 Manipuri
11 Marathi
12 Nepali
13 Oriya
14 Punjabi
15 Sindhi
16 Tamil
17 Telugu
18 Urdu
87 Other, specify:
Categories
ValueCategory
1 Chinese, Mandarin
2 Chinese, other, specify
87 Other, specify:
88 Don't know
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.

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