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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Q2107: Care (q2107d_c)

Data file: SouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: -

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Question pretext

[Sandra] lives on her own and has no relatives or friends nearby. Because of her arthritis, she is house-bound. She often stays all day in the same clothes that she has slept in, as changing clothes is too painful. A neighbour helps her wash herself

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [Sandra] have with self-care, such as washing or dressing herself?

Categories

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.

Question post text

1 None
2 Mild
3 Moderate
4 Severe
5 Extreme/Cannot do

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