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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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Independent living difficulty (US2015A_DIFFMOB)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 390
End: 390
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>[H] - Answer question 19 if this person is 15 years old or over. Otherwise, skip to the questions for Person 2 on page 12.</p>

<p>19. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No independent living difficulty
2 Has independent living difficulty
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 an independent living difficulty.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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