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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Mentally handicapped (CO1993A_RETARD)

Data file: COL1993_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 195
End: 195
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO93A401 CO93A402 CO93A403 CO93A404 CO93A405 CO93A406 CO93A407 CO93A408 CO93A409 CO93A410 CO93A411 CO93A412 CO93A413 CO93A414 CO93A415 CO93A416"><span class="h2">F1. Ask these questions to all persons.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A404 CO93A405 CO93A406 CO93A407 CO93A408 CO93A409 CO93A410"><span class="em">28. Does the person have any of these limitations?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Blindness<br />[] 1 Loss of hearing<br />[] 1 Mute<br />[] 1 Retardation or mental deficiency<br />[] 1 Paralysis or missing upper appendages<br />[] 1 Paralysis or missing lower appendages<br />[] 2 None of the above limitations</div><br /><br />[Numbering shown as appears in the original language form]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 With
2 Without
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO93A401 CO93A402 CO93A403 CO93A404 CO93A405 CO93A406 CO93A407 CO93A408 CO93A409 CO93A410 CO93A411 CO93A412 CO93A413 CO93A414 CO93A415 CO93A416"><span class="h3">F1. Ask these questions to all persons</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO93A404 CO93A405 CO93A406 CO93A407 CO93A408 CO93A409 CO93A410"><span class="em">28. Does [the respondent] have any of these limitations?</span><br /><br />The objective of this question is to determine the number of persons with permanent limitations in the functioning of their sensory, locomotive, and mental organs.<br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Read each of the alternatives and mark all those that in which the interviewed person answers affirmatively.<br /><br />If a person answers that they have no limitations or mention something that is not included in the list, mark "none of the previous".<br /><br />The option "paralysis or absence of superior members" is marked when a person is missing fingers or has lost movement of them. Also when the problem affects the hand completely, the arm or the forearm. In a similar manner, "paralysis or absence of inferior members" when the members affected are the feet or legs.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was mentally handicapped.
Universe
Colombia 1993: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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