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,

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7.39 difficulty in last 30 days walking long distance eg 1 km (v0739)

Data file: AllWavesCombined

Overview

vald 5872

invd 19

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7.39 In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have ... in walking a long distance such as a kilometre?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	0	0%
1	none	2274	38.7%
2	mild	1597	27.2%
3	moderate	1169	19.9%
4	severe	558	9.5%
5	extreme/cannot do	233	4%
9	not applicable	32	0.5%
97		1	0%
99		8	0.1%
Sysmiss		19

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

CIRCLE APPROPRIATE CODE

Description

Text

Difficulty walking a long distance such as a Kilometre

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above