SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study 2013
Wave 2

South Africa, 2013

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ZAF_2013_SAGE-WOPS_v01_M

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Professor NEWELL, Marie-Louise, Dr MUTEVEDZI, Portia, Dr NYIRENDA, Makandwe,

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q237: How oftern felt unable to control important things (q237)

Data file: WOPSIISouthAfricaData

Overview

Valid: 510

Invalid: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life? Read responses

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	6	1.2%
2	Almost never	50	9.8%
3	Sometimes	113	22.2%
4	Fairly often	138	27.1%
5	Very often	203	39.8%
7	N/A	0	0%
8	DK	0	0%
Sysmiss		2

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

Interviewer to read: Now, we would like to ask for your thoughts about your life and life situation. We want to know how you feel about your health and quality of life.

Question post text

1. Never
2. Almost never
3. Sometimes
4. Fairly often
5. Very often
7. N/A
8. DK

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