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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8.55-most difficult task of providing care (v0855)

Data file: AllWavesCombined

Overview

vald 71

invd 5820

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 8

Questions and instructions

Literal question

8.55 What would you say is/was the most difficult task of providing care to (NAME)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	personal care	19	26.8%
2	physical care	10	14.1%
3	heath care	18	25.4%
4	financial	18	25.4%
5	helpless or inable to assist	0	0%
6	don’t know cant determine	3	4.2%
7	emotional suffering	3	4.2%
8	other	0	0%
Sysmiss		5820

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

OTHER COSTS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT

Question post text

1...Personal care(dressing/bathing/feeding); 2...Physical(lifting, transportation,moving around);3...Health care(hospital visits, giving medicines); 4...Financial(medical,funeral,foodstuff);5...Being helpless/Unable to assist;6...Dont know/cannot determine; 7...Emotional(Bearing with the suffering); 8...Other(specify)

Interviewer instructions

CIRCLE ONLY ONE RESPONSE

Description

Text

Most difficult task during Respondent's provision of care to patient

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above