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
Last modified
Dec 05, 2013
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P2002: Moving around (p2002)
File: GhanaINDDataProxy
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 14
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0
Questions and instructions
Pre question
Now I would like to review the different functions of her/his body. When answering these questions, I would like you to think about the last 30 days, taking both good and bad days into account. When I ask about difficulty the respondent may have, I would like you to consider how much difficulty s/he had, on average, in the last 30 days, while doing the activity in the way that s/he usually does it. By difficulty, I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way s/he does the activity
Literal question
Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [NAME] have with moving around?
Post question
1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme/Cannot do
Categories
ValueCategory
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: Read and show scale to proxy.

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