Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008

South Africa, 2007 - 2008

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ZAF_2007_SAGE_v01_M

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Professor Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Professor Karl F. Peltzer

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Q0413: How much care? (q0413)

Data file: SouthAfricaINDData

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 31

Range: -

Format:

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Literal question

How much care does he/she need?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Needs help at all times
2	Cannot be left for more than 1H
3	Can be left more than 1H
4	Needs some help
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.

Question post text

1 = Needs help/watching all the time (day and night)
2 = Cannot be without help/watching or be left alone at home for more than an hour
3 = Can be left on his/her own at home for several hours but requires accompaniment when leaving home
4 = Needs some help at home and sometimes needs to be accompanied when leaving home

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