Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008

Ghana, 2007 - 2008

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GHA_2007_SAGE_v01_M

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Professor R. Biritwum

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Q8040: Taking care of your health (q8040)

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The next questions ask about the impact of providing care on you. I am going to ask whether you face some problems related to your health and well-being since you began providing care for any household members. We want to know how you and your health have been affected by your caregiving duties

Literal question

As a result of providing care, or the increase in providing care, over the last 12 months, how much difficulty have you had with:taking care of your health, ailments or chronic condition (if exist ) - including impact of caregiving on your own health (such as, stress, fatigue, muscle strains, insomnia, anxiety, grief)?

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Value	Category
1	None
2	Mild
3	Moderate
4	Severe
5	Extreme
8	Don't know
9	Not applicable

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.

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1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme

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