World Health Survey 2003
Mauritius, 2003
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MUS_2003_WHS_v01_M
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Data file: WHS-Mauritius_F5
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Valid:
1771
Invalid:
0
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Discrete
Start:
3280
End:
3359
Width:
80
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| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 2 DAUGHTERS, SON-IN-LAW & 3 NIECES PRESENT AT INTERVIEW | |
| A BIT ABSENT MINDED | |
| A BIT DIFFICULT FOR OLD PERSON | |
| A BIT DISTURB | |
| A BIT DISTURB DUE TO CHILD SICKNESS | |
| A BIT SLOW TO UNDERSTAND THE VIGNETTES AT FIRST INSTANCE. NEEDED MORE EXPLANATI | |
| A BIT TOO LOW | |
| A QUIET & CALM PERSON BUT SEEMED ILL AT EASE & SOMETIMES NOT SURE TO UNDERSTAND | |
| A bit too long | |
| AFTER HALF AN HOUR, RESPONDENT LOOSES INTEREST IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONNNAIRE | |
| ALCOHOLIC- SHOWS NO INTEREST IN INTERVIEW | |
| ANSWERED MOST QUESTIOS IN PRESENCE OF HIS MOTHER | |
| ANSWERED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS | |
| ANSWERS PHONE CALLS FEW TIMES | |
| ASSISTED BY HER DAUGHTER IN LAW | |
| ASSISTED BY HUSBAND | |
| BAD MOOD | |
| BED RIDDEN | |
| BED-RIDDEN | |
| BOTH LEGS HANDICAPPED SINCE BIRTH | |
| Become very tired | |
| CANNOT ANSWER VIGNETTES | |
| CANNOT CLASSIFY Q8003-Q8007 | |
| CHILD DISTURBING AT TIMES | |
| CO-OPERATION | |
| CO-OPERATIVE | |
| CONTACT PERSON AFTER SEVERAL CALLS | |
| COOPERATIVE | |
| COORPERATIVE | |
| Cannot answer vignettes | |
| Cannot read - illiterate | |
| Convinced by supervisor to participate | |
| Cooperative | |
| Cooperative because he is free only on sundays | |
| Cooperative but shy | |
| Cooperative was very good | |
| Could not read clearly the show card | |
| DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE TO OLD AGE | |
| DIFFICULT TO CONTACT - ALWAYS AWAY FROM HOME | |
| DIFFICULT TO CONTACT RESPONDENT | |
| DIFFICULT TO MEET | |
| DIFFICULT TO MEET RESPONDENT | |
| DIFFICULT TO MEET RESPONDENT - BECAUSE OF ODD HOURS OF WORKING TIME | |
| DIFFICULT TO MEET RESPONDENT - WAS RELUCTANT TO COOPERATE AT THE BEGINNING OF TH | |
| DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND | |
| DIFFICULTY IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS | |
| DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| DIFFICULTY TO UNDERSTAND | |
| DIIFICULT TO CONTACT RESPONDENT | |
| DO NOT UNDERSTAND VIGNETTES | |
| DOES NOT TURN UP ON APPOINTMENT GIVEN | |
| Difficult interview. Needed help from daughter in law | |
| Difficult to interview emphasis laid on religion | |
| Difficulties in answering the vignettes | |
| Does not express well | |
| Due to old age, respondent could not understand & follow the question | |
| EAGER TO DO THE QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| EAGER TO FINISH | |
| EAGER TO FINISH THE QUESTIONNAIRE QUICKLY | |
| EAGER TO PARTICIPATE | |
| EASILY TIRED WANTED TO FINISH QUICKLY FOR HOUSEHOLD CHORES | |
| ENTHUSIASTIC | |
| EVERY NOW AND THEN SHE HAD TO STOP BECAUSE SHE WAS PREPARING FOOD FOR HER HUSBAN | |
| EXCELLENT RESPONSE | |
| EYE AND LITERACY PROBLEM | |
| Everything Ok | |
| Excellent and positive response | |
| FEELING TIRED | |
| FINALLY CAUGHT THE INTERVIEW AFTER SEVERAL CALLS | |
| FORGETFUL BUT REMEMBERS OF ALL DETAILS | |
| FRIENDLY AND AT EASE | |
| FULL PARTICIPATION | |
| GET SOME DIFFICULTY TO TALK BUT CAN EXPREEE HIMSELF CLEARLY | |
| GETTING OUT OF SUBJECT | |
| GOOD | |
| GOOD RESPONDANT | |
| GOOD RESPONDENT | |
| GOOD RESPONSE | |
| Good | |
| Good environment for an interview with respect | |
| Good response | |
| HAD TO ASK TWICE.TIME IS NEEDED | |
| HAD TO GO THREE TIMES TO COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| HAD TO REPEAT QUESTIONS SEVERAL TIMES | |
| HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE | |
| HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY | |
| HARDLY FALLS ILL | |
| HAVE TO REPEAT MANY QUESTIONS | |
| HE THINKDS MUCH BEFORE ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS/ | |
| HE WAS COOPERATIVE BUT WAS SHORT OF TIME | |
| HE WAS IN A VERY PAINFUL CONDITION | |
| HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE | |
| HEARING HANDICAP PERSON | |
| HEAVY DRINKER | |
| HELPED BY HIS SON AT TIMES | |
| HOSPITABLE | |
| HUSBAND JUST DIED | |
| Had difficulties in answering vignettes | |
| Had difficulty in understanding questions | |
| Happy wife had gift | |
| Hasn't been able to grasp the main idea. He is of opinion that the government h | |
| Have been treated for mental problem long ago | |
| Have to repeat twice | |
| Helpful | |
| ILLITERATE PERSON | |
| INITIALLY NOT KEEN TO PARTICIPATE | |
| INTELLECTUALLY LIMITED / OLD AGE | |
| INTERESTED IN THE SURVEY | |
| INTERESTED IN THIS SURVEY | |
| INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY | |
| INTERUPTS TO ASK OTHER QUESTIONS EVERYTIME | |
| INTERVIEW CARRIED OUT IN BHOJPURI | |
| INTERVIEW CONDUCTED IN CREOLE & BHOJPURI | |
| INTERVIEW CONDUCTED IN SITE OF WORK | |
| IS OFTEN AWAY FROM HOME - ABROAD - DIFFICULT TO CONTACT | |
| IS PREGNANT | |
| Interview seems too long for respondent | |
| KEEN TO GIVE INFORMATION | |
| KEEN TO PARTICIPATE | |
| LITERACY PROBLEM | |
| LOOKS HEALTHY BUT FRAGILE APPEARANCE | |
| LOST YELLOW VACCINE CARD | |
| LOW | |
| LOW IN ANSWERING QUESTION | |
| Lives alone and enjoys more or less a good health. Granddaughter cooks her food | |
| MOST OF THE ANSWERS WERE UNSURE | |
| MUCH TIME IS NEEDED | |
| MUST ASK TWICE | |
| MUST READ TWICE | |
| MUST REPEAT TWICE DUE TO DISTURBANCE | |
| Mother intervened on & off | |
| Must ask twice | |
| Must read twice | |
| Must read twice to understand | |
| Must repeat twice | |
| NI | |
| NICE PERSON | |
| NIL | |
| NIL - MALE INTERVIEWER | |
| NIL, RESPONDENT CANNOT HEAR PROPERLY | |
| NO | |
| NO COMMENTS | |
| NONE | |
| NONE - CANNOT ANSWER VIGNETTES WELL | |
| NOT EASY TO CONTACT | |
| NOT EASY TO CONTACT RESPONDENT | |
| NOT SUFFICIENT TIME AVAILABLE FOR THE VIGNETTES. WAS VERY ELABORATE IN THE ANSW | |
| NOT WILLING TO PARTICIPATE | |
| Nil | |
| No | |
| No apparent problem but was uneasy & not too confident while answering | |
| No easy to communicate with him. He drinks toomuch and avoid people | |
| None | |
| OK | |
| OLD | |
| OLD & SICK | |
| OLD PERSON | |
| OLD PERSON - TOO SLOW TO UNDERSTAND AND ANSWER QUESTIONS | |
| Ok | |
| Ok. Talkative guy | |
| PARTIAL INTERVIEW | |
| PARTICIPATIVE | |
| POSITIVE RESPONSE | |
| POSITIVE RESPONSE AND WILLING TO COOPERATE | |
| Positive response | |
| QUESTIONNAIRE TOO BULKY | |
| QUESTIONNAIRE TOO LONG - TIRED OF ANSWERING | |
| Questionnaire- very time consuming | |
| Quick and direct reply | |
| Quick in answering | |
| Quick in answering question | |
| Quite cooperative | |
| Quite good response | |
| RELUCTANT TO ANSWER THE VIGNETTES | |
| RELUCTANT TO GIVE INFORMATION | |
| RESPONDANT NOT AT EASE AT LAST PART- TOO LONG | |
| RESPONDENT A BIT ABSENT MINDED | |
| RESPONDENT A BIT AFRAID TO ANSWER QUESTIONS | |
| RESPONDENT BUSY AT HOME | |
| RESPONDENT CAN COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME VISUAL EFFECT | |
| RESPONDENT COMPLAINED ABOUT LENGTHINESS OF STAEMENTS | |
| RESPONDENT COULDN'T CONCENTRATE ON VIGNETTES | |
| RESPONDENT DID NOT UNDERSTAND VIGNETTES | |
| RESPONDENT DIFFICULT TO CONTACT | |
| RESPONDENT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND EASILY | |
| RESPONDENT EXASPERATED BY LENGTH OF QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| RESPONDENT HAD DIFFICULTIES IN GRASPING QUESTIONS | |
| RESPONDENT HAD DIFFICULTIES IN GRASPING VIGNETTES | |
| RESPONDENT HAD NOT ENOUGH TIME | |
| RESPONDENT INSISTED TO PUT THAT HE DRINKS 4 PEGS EVERYDAY & NEVER VISITS A DOCTO | |
| RESPONDENT IS A HEAVY DRUNKER | |
| RESPONDENT IS A PATIENT OF ALZHEIMER | |
| RESPONDENT IS HANDICAPPED AND CAN HARDLY TALK | |
| RESPONDENT IS PREGNANT | |
| RESPONDENT IS VEGETARIAN & NEVER VISITS DOCTOR | |
| RESPONDENT LOOKED TIRED AFTER ONE HOUR'S INTERVIEW | |
| RESPONDENT MENTALLY DISTURBED | |
| RESPONDENT MENTALLY DISTURBED BUT IS NOT PREPARED TO ADMIT HIS ILLNESS | |
| RESPONDENT NOT VERY WILLING TO COORPERATE AND COULDN'T CONCENTRATE ON VIGNETTES | |
| RESPONDENT REFUSED TO TAKE CASH GIFT | |
| RESPONDENT SHOWING LITTLE INTEREST | |
| RESPONDENT SLOW IN ANSWERING | |
| RESPONDENT TIRED | |
| RESPONDENT TOO BUSY. INTERVIEW HAD TO BE STOPPED AND CONTINUE THE NEXT DAY | |
| RESPONDENT VOLUNTEERED TO FILL IN SECTIONS ON MEDICAL TEST AND REPRODUCTION DIRE | |
| RESPONDENT WAS ABSENT MINDED | |
| RESPONDENT WAS ASSISTED BY HER SISTER WHO WAS DEAF AND DUMB | |
| RESPONDENT WAS AT EASE | |
| RESPONDENT WAS DRUNK. HE SEEMED TO BE PRO-HEALTH SERVICE IN MAURITIUS AS HE IS R | |
| RESPONDENT WAS UNWILLING TO ANSWER INDIVIDUAL QUESTION AT THE BEGINING BUT FINAL | |
| RESPONDENT WAS VERY DEPRESSED | |
| RESPONDENT WAS VERY DEPRESSED AFTER RECENT DEATH OF HER HUSBAND AND COULD NOT CO | |
| RESPONDENT WILL LEAVE FOR ENGLAND ON 27/8/03 - STUDIES | |
| RESPONDENT WORKS 7 DAYS IN A WEEK. I HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO MEET HIM. | |
| RESPONDENTS DAUGHTERS WERE HELPING HER IN GIVING THE ANSWERS | |
| RESPONDENTS TAKES TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING ASKED | |
| RESPONSIVE | |
| RESTLESS FEILT TIRED | |
| RESTLESS, LEAST PART DONE QUICKLY | |
| Respondant elaborates answers | |
| Respondant very busy | |
| Respondent following mental problems at Brown Sequard Hospital | |
| Respondent is a british citizen and is married to a mauritian sice February 2003 | |
| Respondent is physically handicap | |
| Respondent is pregnant | |
| Respondent seemed drunk | |
| Respondent seemed drunk, even if he denied taking alcohol | |
| Respondent showed lack of concentration | |
| Respondent was breathless and feeling painful throughout the interview | |
| Respondent was cooperative | |
| Respondent was cooperative but stressed on certain questions for him to understa | |
| Respondent was in a hurry to end with questionnaire seems bored. | |
| Respondent was lying on bed | |
| Respondent was taking lot of time to answer | |
| Respondent was tired as she came back from work | |
| Respondent was very cooperative | |
| Respondent was very cooperative though interview was carried on one go | |
| SATISFACTORY | |
| SATISFIED WITH GIFT | |
| SEEM TO BE TIRED | |
| SEEMED TIRED AND DEPRESSED | |
| SEEMS VERY DISTURBED | |
| SHE HOPES MOH WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PROBLEMS RELATED TO HEALTH | |
| SHE IS TOO OLD TO ATTEMPT THE WHOLE QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| SHE IS TOO OLD TO REPLY TO ALL THE QUESTIONS | |
| SHE REFUSED TO COMPLETE THE VIGNETTES COMPLAINING NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME | |
| SHE WAS A BIT TIRED | |
| SHE WAS ABSENT MINDED | |
| SHE WAS EASILY TIRED | |
| SHE WAS TIRED CONCENTRATION WAS VERY HIGH | |
| SHOULD PROMPT HER TO ANSWER | |
| SHOW INTEREST | |
| SHOWS INTEREST | |
| SON ASSISTED ME TO DO THE INTERVIEW | |
| She was restless being pregnant | |
| She was very happy to participate in this survey | |
| Show interest | |
| Slow due to mother's death | |
| TAKES MUCH TIME TO GIVE AN ANSWER | |
| TALKATIVE | |
| TALKATIVE ESP ON HEALTH | |
| TALKATIVE-GOING OUT OF SUBJECT | |
| THE RESPONDENT WAS PREGNANT BUT SHE MISCARRIED | |
| TOO LONG DUE TO CHILD.MUST WAIT | |
| TOO LONG.MUST REPEAT TWICE | |
| TOO OLD - UNDERSTAND WITH DIFFICULTY ANY QUESTION AND GIVE VAGE ANSWERS | |
| TOO OLD TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS | |
| TOO OLD TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONNAIRE | |
| TOO SLOW | |
| TWO CHILDREN ADOPTED - FOSTER PARENTS | |
| The latter feel tired. Too many questions for her age | |
| The repondent was taking time to answer the questions .He encountered difficulti | |
| Too much time,respondent was fed up | |
| Too old,cannot answer vignettes | |
| Too old,cannot understand vignettes | |
| UNABLE TO ANSWER VIGNETTES | |
| UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND QUESTIIONS | |
| UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND QUESTIONS VIGNETTES | |
| UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND VIGNETTES AND SOME OTHER QUESTIONS | |
| UNDERSTANDING PROBLEMS | |
| Ultimately parents wanted to know what were recorded in the questionnaire | |
| VERY ABSENT MINDED | |
| VERY COOPERATIVE | |
| VERY COOPERATIVE & LOT OF PATIENCE | |
| VERY DIFFICULT PERSON - ALWAYS UNWILLING TO COOPERATE EVEN AFTER SUPERVISOR'S IN | |
| VERY FRIENDLY AND COOPERATIVE | |
| VERY GOOD | |
| VERY GOOD RESPONSE | |
| VERY HELPFUL | |
| VERY OLD PEOPLE CANNOT GRASP QUESTIONS CLEARLY - TAKES TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND TH | |
| VERY PLEASE TO PARTICIPATE | |
| VIGNETTES AMBIGUOUS | |
| VIGNETTES ARE AMBGUOUS, SHOULD HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ON ABORTIONS | |
| Very Cooperative | |
| Very co-operative | |
| Very cooperative | |
| Very good cooperation | |
| Very good response | |
| WAS A BIT ABSENT MINDED | |
| WAS ALLOWED TO READ VIGNETTES ONLY | |
| WAS BUSY BUT COOPERATIVE | |
| WAS RESTLESS AND WANTED TO FINISH QUICKLY | |
| WAS VERY COOPERATIVE | |
| WAS VERY RELUCTANT AT THE BEGINNING - BUT LATER ON AGREED TO COOPERATE | |
| Was a bit absent minded | |
| Wife did intervene in certain questions | |
| appointment with respondant too early (6:45 am)but able to meet the respondant o | |
| cooperative | |
| cooperative but respondant feeling tired and being impatient- questionnaire too | |
| coorparative | |
| coorperative one | |
| interview at workplace | |
| no comments | |
| none | |
| respondant lacked concentration with vignettes which needed to be repeated | |
| shown great interest to participate | |
| very cooperative | |
| very reluctant to give answers | |
| very time consuming. No problem with respondent |
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.
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