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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Self-care difficulty (US2015A_DIFFCARE)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 391
End: 391
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[G] - Answer question 18a-c if this person is 5 years old or over. Otherwise, skip to the questions for person 2 on page 12.</p>

<p>18.</p>

<p>b) Does this person have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>c) Does this person have difficulty dressing or bathing?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 a self-care difficulty.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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