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American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005
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USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Disability limiting mobility (US2005A_0468)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 372
End: 372
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
G. Answer question 17 only if this person is 15 years old or over. Otherwise, skip to the questions for Person 2 on page 10.

17. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more, does this person have any difficulty in doing any of the following activities:

a) Going outside the home alone to shop or visit a doctor's office?


[] Yes
[] No



b) Working at a job or business?


[] Yes
[] No
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No mobility limitation
2 Yes, mobility is limited
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 respondent has any physical or mental health condition that has lasted 6 or more months and that makes it difficult or impossible to go outside the home alone. This does not include temporary health problems, such as broken bones or pregnancies.
Universe
Persons age 16+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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