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National Census of Population and Housing 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 1988
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POL_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Number of disabled persons in a household (PL1988A_PERDISHH)

Data file: POL1988_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 148
End: 148
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Census of population (inhabitants)</span></p>

<p>1. No. of a person _ _</p>
<div class="i1">____ Surname<br />____ Name</div><p>24. Is the person fully or seriously unable to perform the tasks typical for his/her age due to disability or chronic illness? (encircle)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1Yes -- fully<br />[] 2Yes -- seriously<br />[] 0 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Head of household is disabled
2 Head of household and one additional person are disabled
3 Head of household and 2 or more additional persons are disabled
4 Head of household is not disabled, there is one disabled person
5 Head of household is not disabled, there are 2 or more disabled persons
6 One-person household and that person is disabled
7 Two-person household and both persons are disabled
8 Three or more persons in the household and all of them are disabled
9 Unknown or no persons disabled
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 the number of disabled persons in the household.
Universe
Poland 1988: Private dwellings [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 74.2%]

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