General Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Disability / handicap (SN1988A_0415)

Data file: SEN1988-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P14. Disability / handicap

[] None
[] Spastic
[] Visually impaired
[] Leper
[] Mentally ill
[] Other disability

Categories

Value	Category
1	None
2	Spastic
3	Visually impaired
4	Leper
5	Mentally ill
6	Other disability
9	Unknown

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

P14) Disability / Handicap

Ask the following question: "Are you disabled? Do you have a handicap?"

If the answer is "No", circle: 1. None
If the answer is "Yes"; ask "What type of disability or handicap".

Circle:
2. "Spastic" for a disability of the limbs;
3. "Visually impaired" for the blind people;
4. "Leper" for the persons who have had or still have leprosy;
5. Mentally ill for the mentally retarded (insane, Down's syndrome, etc.)
6. Other disability for the other case not specified above.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether a person has a disability and, if so, records the nature of the disability.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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