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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Dec 09, 2014

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Q2120: Learn (q2120d_l)

Data file: SouthAfricaINDData

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Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

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Question pretext

[Saurabh] does not recognize even close relatives and gets lost when he leaves the house unaccompanied. Even when prompted, he shows no recollection of events or recognition of relatives. It is impossible for him to acquire any new knowledge as even simple instructions leave him confused.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [Saurabh] have in learning a new task (for example, learning how to get to a new place, learning a new game, learning a new recipe)?

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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