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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Difficulty hearing (SR2012A_DISHEAR)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">All persons (health)</span>
<br />[Questions P21a to P23 were asked of all persons about their health.]</p>

<p>P21a. Does this person experience difficulty / problems (with):</p>
<div class="i1">N.B.: The person has had (or is expected to have) the complaint(s) for at least 6 months.<br /><br />Enter one of the following codes in each cell:<br /><br />[] Tick this box if A to G = 1, 5, 7 or 9, and proceed to P22.</div><div class="i1">B. Hearing (even when using a hearing aid)</div><div class="i2">[] 1 No difficulty / problems<br />[] 2 Some difficulty<br />[] 3 Much difficulty<br />[] 4 Not able to do this at all<br />[] 5 Doesn't apply, considering age<br />[] 7 Don't know<br />[] 9 No response</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No difficulty
2 Some difficulty
3 Much difficulty
4 Not able to do this at all
9 Unknown
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 had difficulty hearing for at least 6 months even when using a hearing aid.
Universe
Suriname 2012: All persons

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