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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7.45 difficulty in last 30 days with eating (v0745)

Data file: AllWavesCombined

Overview

vald 5585

invd 306

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 97

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7.45 In the last 30 days, how much difficulty did you have... with eating (including cutting up your food)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	0	0%
1	none	4236	75.8%
2	mild	892	16%
3	moderate	330	5.9%
4	severe	88	1.6%
5	extreme/cannot do	36	0.6%
9	not applicable	2	0%
97		1	0%
Sysmiss		306

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 eating

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above