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

Chances of getting High Blood Presure (v1502)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5468

invd 2

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15.2 Do you think your chances of getting High blood pressure are very high, high, moderate,low or very low?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very High	17	0.3%
2	High	271	5%
3	Moderate	864	15.8%
4	Low	1362	24.9%
5	Very low	1746	31.9%
6	Already have	266	4.9%
7	Once a year	0	0%
95	Missing	1	0%
97	Refused	1	0%
98	I Dont Know	938	17.2%
99	NA	2	0%
Sysmiss		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.

Question pretext

15.0 PERCEIVED PERSONAL RISK

Question post text

Very high...01;High...02;Moderate...03;Low...04;Very Low...05;Already have Hypertension...06;I dont know...98

Interviewer instructions

CHECK 6.4.4A AND 6.4.2K, IF RESPONSE IS YES CIRCLE 6 AND MOVE TO 15.3, IF BOTH ARE NO ASK; CHOOSE ONLY ONE RESPONSE

Description

Text

Self-rating of likelihood of getting High Blood Pressure

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above