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

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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Q0413: How much care? (q0413_21)
File: GhanaHHData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 8
Decimals: 0

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How much care does he/she need?

Post question

1 = Needs help/watching all the time (day and night)
2 = Cannot be without help/watching or be left alone at home for more than an hour
3 = Can be left on his/her own at home for several hours but requires accompaniment when leaving home
4 = Needs some help at home and sometimes needs to be accompanied when leaving home