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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Disability - communication (ZA2001A_DSCOMM)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 256
End: 256
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A041 ZA01A401 ZA01A402 ZA01A403 ZA01A404 ZA01A405 ZA01A406 ZA01A407 ZA01A408 ZA01A409 ZA01A410 ZA01A411 ZA01A412 ZA01A413 ZA01A414 ZA01A415 ZA01A416 ZA01A417 ZA01A418 ZA01A419 ZA01A420 ZA01A421 ZA01A422 ZA01A423 ZA01A424 ZA01A425 ZA01A426 ZA01A427 ZA01A428 ZA01A429 ZA01A430 ZA01A431 ZA01A432 ZA01A433 ZA01A434 ZA01A435 ZA01A436 ZA01A437 ZA01A438 ZA01A439 ZA01A476 ZA01A477 ZA01A478 ZA01A479 ZA01A480 ZA01A481 ZA01A482 ZA01A483 ZA01A485"><span class="h1">Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone</span><br />[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A427 ZA01A428 ZA01A429 ZA01A430 ZA01A431 ZA01A432 ZA01A433">P-13. Disability<br /><div class="i1">Does (the person) have any serious disability that prevents his/her full participation in life activities (such as education, work, social life)? Mark any that apply. Dot the appropriate boxes.<br />[] 0 = None<br />[] 1 = Sight (blind/severe visual limitation)<br />[] 2 = Hearing (deaf, profoundly hard of hearing)<br />[] 3 = Communication (speech impairment)<br />[] 4 = Physical (e.g. needs wheelchair, crutches or prosthesis; limb, hand usage limitations)<br />[] 5 = Intellectual (serious difficulties in learning)<br />[] 6 = Emotional (behavioural, psychological)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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="ZA01A427 ZA01A428 ZA01A429 ZA01A430 ZA01A431 ZA01A432 ZA01A433"><span class="em">Question P-13 -- Disability</span><br /><br /><span class="em">"Does (the person) have any serious disability that prevents his/her full participation in life activities (such as education, work, social life)?" </span><br /><br />Disability is a limitation or lack of ability that prevents a person from performing an activity within the range considered normal, or from behaving in a manner considered normal.<br /><br />Read out the categories and dot the appropriate boxes. For this question you may have to dot more than one box. Encourage the respondent to name <span class="em">all</span> serious disabilities a person has, e.g. if deaf and wheelchair-bound, dot 2 and 4.<br /><br />Note that if 1 bad sight is corrected with glasses or 2 bad hearing with a hearing aid, it is <span class="em">not </span>considered a disability for the census.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a communication disability, such as a speech impediment.
Universe
South Africa 2001: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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