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2008 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 2008
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ISR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
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Difficulty walking inside the house or up and down the stairs (IL2008A_DISMOBIL)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Questions on daily functioning</span>
<br />The following questions relate to difficulties in performing certain activities due to health, physical or mental problems which have continued for 6 months or more.</p>

<p>40. Do you have difficulties walking in your home or going up and down stairs?</p>
<div class="i1">[Question 40 asked of persons 5 years and older]<br />[] 1 No - have no difficulties <br />[] 2 Yes - have slight difficulties <br />[] 3 Yes - have great difficulties <br />[] 4 Can't walk at all</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Do not have difficulty or has a mild difficulty
2 Has great difficulty or cannot at all
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 person has difficulty walking inside the house or up and down the stairs.
Universe
Israel 2008: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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