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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Q0818: 12mo health-related items & devices (q0818)
File: GhanaHHData

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 12
Decimals: 0
Range: -8-0

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

I know these questions may be difficult to answer - try to give us the best estimate of expenses. Now I want you to focus on household expenses over the last 12 months. These are expenses that may be more periodic or "big purchases". I would like to ask how much money was spent by all household members for the following items in the last 12 months

In the last 12 months, how much did your household spend on:

Literal question

Health-related items (prescription glasses, hearing aids, canes, prosthetic devices…)?

Post question

8 don't know

Categories

Value	Category
-8	DK

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.

Others

Notes

* Examples of Mandatory include: ESIS, CGHS, RHS, DMS, ECHS, MREG, MREP, OHIE
** Examples of Voluntary include: CHIS-Group Mediclaim Policy, BPL and SEWA Schemes, Public Sector (GICI, NICL, NIACL, OICL, UICL)-Mediclaim, Jan Arogya, Jeevan Surakhya. Private Sector (Tata-AIG, ICICI-Lombard, Bajaj-Allianz, Reliance General, IFFCO Tokia, Royal Sundaram).