UPHD - Survey on Social, Health and Overall wellbeing of older people (50+ years)

KENYA, 2006 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center,

CSV JSON

7.35 difficulty in last 30 days taking care of household responsibilities (v0735)

Data file: AllWavesCombined

Overview

vald 5879

invd 12

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7.35 In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have ... in taking care of your household responsibilities?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	0	0%
1	none	3714	63.2%
2	mild	1469	25%
3	moderate	455	7.7%
4	severe	147	2.5%
5	extreme/cannot do	69	1.2%
9	not applicable	22	0.4%
97		1	0%
99		2	0%
Sysmiss		12

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

The next questions ask about difficulties due to health conditions. Health conditions include diseases or illnesses, other health problems that may be short or long lasting, injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs. Think back over the last 30 days and i would like you to provide me your response whether you have No difficulty, Mild difficulty, Severe difficulty, or Extreme difficulty in doing the following activities.

Question post text

1...NONE;2...MILD;3...MODERATE;4...SEVERE;5...EXTREME/CAN'T DO; 9...NOT APPLICABLE

Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Difficulty taking care of household responsibilities

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above