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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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q256: How emotionally affected by health (q256)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 507
Invalid: 5
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
In the last 30 days/month, how much have you been emotionally affected by your health condition(s)?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 None 160
31.6%
2 Mild 77
15.2%
3 Moderate 96
18.9%
4 Severe 86
17%
5 Extreme/can't do 85
16.8%
7 N/A 3
0.6%
8 DK 0
0%
Sysmiss 5
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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