Variable | Operational Definition | Category | Code |
---|---|---|---|
Demographic Variables | |||
 Gender [Dichotomous] | Being a male or female | Male | 1 |
Female | 2 | ||
 Age (years) [Ranked] | Number of years a respondent obtained at the last birthday | 65–69 | 1 |
70–74 | 2 | ||
75–79 | 3 | ||
80–84 | 4 | ||
85–89 | 5 | ||
90 and above | 6 | ||
 Ethnicity group [Nominal] | The ethnic background of respondent | Non- Akan | 1 |
Akan | 2 | ||
 Religion [Nominal] | Religious affiliation of respondent | Christianity | 1 |
Islam | 2 | ||
African Traditional Religion | 3 | ||
 Marital status [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent is married or single | Married | 1 |
Single | 2 | ||
Socio-economic variables | |||
 Education [ranked] | A completed grade of educational level | No formal education | 1 |
Basic school education | 2 | ||
Senior high school education | 3 | ||
College/tertiary | 4 | ||
 Monthly income (GH¢) [Ranked] | Income of respondent every month comprising both cash and kind received from all sources within the month | 200 or below | 1 |
201.00–300.00 | 2 | ||
Above 300 | 3 | ||
 Health Insurance [dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has enrolled in health insurance before | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Family support [dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent receives support from a family member | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
Health-related variables | |||
 Past illness [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has been ill for the past three months | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Current health status [dichotomous] | Current rate of a respondent health status | Good Health | 1 |
Poor Health | 2 | ||
 Chronic non-communicable diseases(NCDs)[Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has been diagnosed of any chronic NCDs | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Disability status [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has a disability | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
Health behaviour/lifestyle variables | |||
 Engagement in physical activity [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has undertaken any physical activity for the past month | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Consumption of alcohol [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has consumed alcohol in the last year | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Consumption of Tobacco [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent has smoked tobacco in the last one year | Yes | 1 |
No | 0 | ||
 Fruits intake [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent consume the required serving of fruits in a day | Less than 5 servings of fruits per day | 1 |
5 or more servings of fruits per day | 2 | ||
 Vegetables intake [Dichotomous] | Whether or not a respondent consume the required serving of vegetables in a day | Less than 5 servings of vegetables per day | 1 |
5 or more servings of vegetables per day | 2 |