INDEPTH Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2006-2007
Wave 1

South Africa, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

ZAF_2006_INDEPTH-SAGE-W1_v01_M

Producer(s)

Professor Stephen Tollman

Metadata

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May 19, 2023

Last modified

May 19, 2023

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Q2000: Health today (q2000)

Data file: INDEPTHSouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now we will switch to questions specifically about your health. The first questions are about your overall health, including both your physical and your mental health. By difficulty in the second question, I mean requiring increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness or changes in the way you do the activity.

Literal question

In general, how would you rate your health today?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Very good
2	Good
3	Moderate
4	Bad
5	Very bad
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 Very good
2 Good
3 Moderate
4 Bad
5 Very bad

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