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 geting heart attack in ten years (v1506)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5468

invd 2

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15.6 Do you think your chances of getting a heart attack ten years fron now ... are ... very high, high, moderate, low or very low?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very High	11	0.2%
2	High	78	1.4%
3	Moderate	374	6.8%
4	Low	1352	24.7%
5	Very low	1988	36.4%
6	Already have	6	0.1%
7	Once a year	0	0%
95	Missing	1	0%
97	Refused	1	0%
98	I Dont Know	1655	30.3%
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 had a heart attack...06;I dont know...98

Interviewer instructions

CHOOSE ONLY ONE RESPONSE

Description

Text

Self-rating of likelihood of suffering heart attack ten years from now

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above