Assessing the linkages between socioeconomic status, perceived personal risk, and risk factors for cardiovascular and related non-communicable diseases in a population of slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

KENYA, 2008 - 2009
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

African Population and Health Research Center

CSV JSON

10.6-belong to a self-help or welfare group (v1006)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5469

invd 1

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 4

Questions and instructions

Literal question

10.6 Do you belong to a self-help group such as merry-go-rounds or welfare organization?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	0	0%
1	Yes	1790	32.7%
2		3675	67.2%
5		3	0.1%
7		1	0%
Sysmiss		1

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 pretext

10.0 SOCIAL NETWORKING

I would like to ask you about social aspects of your life and also get your opinion on the community life in general. I will start with the social aspects of your life.

TYPE OF NETWORK and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Question post text

(Y=YES;N=NO)

Description

Text

Belong to self-help group/welfare organization

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above