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Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2014
Wave 2

Mexico, 2014
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Reference ID
MEX_2014_SAGE-W2_v01_M
Producer(s)
Mr. A. Salinas Rodriguez, Dr. B. Soledad Manrique Espinoza
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May 19, 2023
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p1036: understanding events (p1036)

Data file: MexicoProxyDataW2

Overview

Valid: 489
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 15
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Compared with [10 years] ago how is this person at using his/her intelligence to understand what's going on and to reason things through.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 much improved 33
6.7%
2 a bit improved 27
5.5%
3 not much change 204
41.7%
4 a bit worse 95
19.4%
5 much worse 124
25.4%
8 dk 6
1.2%
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: can show the respondent the scale and read the categories.
Question post text
1. Much improved
2. A bit improved
3. Not much change
4. A bit worse
5. Much worse
8. DON'T KNOW

Description

Definition
Now we want you to remember what your friend or relative was like [10 years] ago and to compare it with what he/she is like now. Ten years ago was in 1996. Below are situations where this person has to use his/her memory or intelligence and we want you to indicate whether this has improved, stayed the same or got worse in that situation over the past [10 years]. Note the importance of comparing his/her present performance with [10 years] ago.
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