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

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May 19, 2023

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Q2119: Memory (q2119d_m)

Data file: INDEPTHSouthAfricaINDData

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 14

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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 with concentrating or remembering things?

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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