SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study 2013
Wave 2

South Africa, 2013

Get Microdata

Reference ID

ZAF_2013_SAGE-WOPS_v01_M

Producer(s)

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

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

May 19, 2023

Last modified

May 19, 2023

Page views

6028

Downloads

q261: Felt sad, empty or depressed last 12 months (q261)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 509

Invalid: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During the last 12 months, have you had a period lasting several days when you felt sad, empty or depressed?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	114	22.4%
1	Yes	395	77.6%
7	N/A	0	0%
8	DK	0	0%
Sysmiss		3

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

Back to Catalog