SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study 2013
Wave 2
South Africa, 2013
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Reference ID
ZAF_2013_SAGE-WOPS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Professor NEWELL, Marie-Louise, Dr MUTEVEDZI, Portia, Dr NYIRENDA, Makandwe,
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- WOPSIISouthAfricaData
q257b: Number of days difficulties experienced (q257b)
Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData
Overview
Valid:
512
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
12
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
In the last 30 days/month, how much difficulty did you have
Literal question
Number of days difficulties experienced
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
0.6%
|
|
| 2 | 8 |
1.6%
|
|
| 3 | 13 |
2.5%
|
|
| 4 | 4 |
0.8%
|
|
| 5 | 6 |
1.2%
|
|
| 7 | 34 |
6.6%
|
|
| 8 | 3 |
0.6%
|
|
| 10 | 12 |
2.3%
|
|
| 14 | 8 |
1.6%
|
|
| 15 | 4 |
0.8%
|
|
| 20 | 6 |
1.2%
|
|
| 25 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 30 | 172 |
33.6%
|
|
| 90 | DK | 4 |
0.8%
|
| 99 | Never | 234 |
45.7%
|
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.
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.