Living Standards Survey III 1991-1992 - World Bank SHIP Harmonized Dataset

Ghana, 1991 - 1992

Reference ID

GHA_1991_GLSS_v01_M_v01_A_SHIP

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

Metadata

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Apr 25, 2019

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Apr 25, 2019

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depression most of the day nearly every day (q6032)

Data file: WHS-Zimbabwe_F5

Overview

Valid: 562

Invalid: 3538

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was this period [of sadness/loss of interest/low energy] most of the day, nearly every day?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
5	No
Sysmiss

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

During last 12 months, have you experienced any of the following…
For this set of questions, the interviewer must read out a series of symptoms and determine if the respondent had any of those symptoms in the last 12 months. The point of asking symptom-related questions is to screen those individuals who might have a specific health condition or disease. Because there could be a number of symptoms that characterise a given health condition, and because some symptoms may be common to different conditions, it is important that the interviewer probe for each symptom to see whether the respondent may have an active disease. It is also important that the time period for the symptoms (in the last 12 months) be clearly understood by the respondent and not confused with other time frames used in this section (such as "ever" and "the last 2 weeks").

Interviewer instructions

The emphasis is on the symptoms of low mood/energy being present for most of the day (not just one or two hours), and occurring nearly every day (not just one or two days) over an extended period.