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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Difficulty remembering (ZA2016A_DISREM)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 289
End: 289
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.3] General health and functioning </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you health-related questions.</p>

<p>[3.7.3.6] Does the respondent have difficulty remembering or concentrating?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 No difficulty<br />[] 2 Some difficulty<br />[] 3 A lot of difficulty<br />[] 4 Cannot do at all<br />[] 5 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No difficulty
2 Some difficulty
3 A lot of difficulty
4 Cannot do at all
5 Do not know
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has difficulty remembering.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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