SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study 2013
Wave 2

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_SAGE-WOPS_v01_M

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Professor NEWELL, Marie-Louise, Dr MUTEVEDZI, Portia, Dr NYIRENDA, Makandwe,

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q253: Difficulty contolling bowel or bladder functions (q253)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 512

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

In the last 30 days/month, how much difficulty did you have

Literal question

with control of your bowel or bladder functions?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	344	67.2%
2	Mild	91	17.8%
3	Moderate	52	10.2%
4	Severe	21	4.1%
5	Extreme/can't do	4	0.8%
7	N/A	0	0%
8	DK	0	0%

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

Functioning assessment

These next questions ask about difficulties due to health conditions. Health conditions include diseases or illnesses, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs. Think back over the last 30 days and answer these questions thinking about how much difficulty you had doing the following activities

INTERVIEWER: For each question, please tick only one response.

Question post text

1. None
2. Mild
3. Moderate
4. Severe
5. Extreme/can't do
7. N/A
8. DK

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