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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How much care does this person need (q0572)

Data file: WHS-Zimbabwe_F2

Overview

Valid: 371

Invalid: 3893

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How much care does this person need?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Needs help/ watching all the time (day and night)
2	Cannot be without help/ watching or be left alone at home for more than an hour
3	Can be left on his/her own at home for several hours but requires accompaniment when leaving home
4	Needs some help at home and sometimes needs to be accompanied when leaving home
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.

Interviewer instructions

1. Needs help / watching all the time (day and night)
2. Cannot be without help/ watching or be left alone at home for more than an hour.
3. Can be left on his/her own at home for several hours but requires accompaniment when leaving home.
4. Needs some help at home and sometimes needs to be accompanied when leaving home.

If there is more than 1 person needing care in the household, the respondent should be told to focus on the person needing the most care when answering this question.