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2010 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2010
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GHA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, IPUMS
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Disability (GH2010A_DISAB)

Data file: GHA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 220
End: 220
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]</p>

<p>P18. Disability (answer for all persons).</p>
<div class="i1">[P18 was asked of all persons.]<br />Does [the respondent] have any serious disability that limits his/her full participation in life activities (such as mobility, work, social life, etc.?</div><div class="i2">a. Sight</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">b. Hearing</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">c. Speech</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">d. Physical</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">e. Intellect</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">f. Emotional</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i2">g. Other</div><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i3">If "yes" in g (other), specify: ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
No disability
1 Sight only
2 Hearing only
3 Speech only
4 Physical only
5 Intellectual only
6 Emotional only
7 Other disability only
8 Multiple disabilities
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 the person's type of disability.
Universe
Ghana 2010: All persons

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