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 stroke (v1503)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5468

invd 2

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15.3 Do you think your changes of getting a stroke ten years from now are... very high, high, moderate, low or very low?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very High	6	0.1%
2	High	64	1.2%
3	Moderate	418	7.6%
4	Low	1441	26.4%
5	Very low	2157	39.4%
6	Already have	10	0.2%
7	Once a year	0	0%
95	Missing	1	0%
97	Refused	1	0%
98	I Dont Know	1368	25%
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 suffered stroke...06;I dont know...98

Interviewer instructions

CHECK 6.4.5A, IF RESPONSE IS YES CIRCLE 6 AND MOVE TO 15.4, IF NO ASK; CHOOSE ONLY ONE RESPONSE

Description

Text

Self-rating of likelihood of suffering Stroke ten years from now

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above