General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Disability / handicap (SN1988A_DISAB)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 205

End: 205

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="SN88A415">P14. Disability / handicap<br /><div class="i1">[] None<br />[] Spastic<br />[] Visually impaired<br />[] Leper<br />[] Mentally ill<br />[] Other disability</div><br /></svar>

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

<svar a="all" v="SN88A415">P14) Disability / Handicap<br /><br />Ask the following question: "Are you disabled? Do you have a handicap?"<br /><br />If the answer is "No", circle: 1. None<br />If the answer is "Yes"; ask "What type of disability or handicap". <br /><div class="i1">Circle:<br />2. "Spastic" for a disability of the limbs;<br />3. "Visually impaired" for the blind people;<br />4. "Leper" for the persons who have had or still have leprosy;<br />5. Mentally ill for the mentally retarded (insane, Down's syndrome, etc.)<br />6. Other disability for the other case not specified above.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

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

Universe

Senegal 1988: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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