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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q278: Attempted suicide during depression period (q278)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 511

Invalid: 1

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During this period, did you ever try to end your life?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	397	77.7%
1	Yes	7	1.4%
7	N/A	107	20.9%
8	DK	0	0%
Sysmiss		1

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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