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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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q259: Taking medicines for depression last 2 weeks (q259)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 512
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 10
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the last 2 weeks have you been taking any medications or other treatment for it? (Other treatment can include attending therapy or counselling sessions.)
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 26
5.1%
1 Yes 5
1%
7 N/A 481
93.9%
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
Interviewer to read: Now I would like to ask you questions about your feelings of sadness or depression
Question post text
0. No
1. Yes
7. N/A
8. DK
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