National Population and Housing Census 1978 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1978

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Reference ID

POL_1978_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

Metadata

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Disability (PL1978A_DIS)

Data file: POL1978_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

14. Is he (she), for the reason of his (her) disability or disease, wholly or to a high degree limited in main activities relevant to his (her) age (professional activities, studies, household keeping, etc.; in the case of small children: playing games, etc.)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Not<br />[] 1 Yes, wholly<br />[] 2 Yes, to a high degree</div>

Categories

Value	Category
	Not disabled
1	Disabled, entirely limited in main activities relevant to his (her) age
2	Disabled, partly limited in main activities relevant to his (her) age
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person is disabled, and the level of disability.

Universe

Poland 1978: All persons

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Concept

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