2020 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2016 - 2020

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Reference ID

PRI_2020_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Independent living difficulty (PR2020A_DIFFMOB)

Data file: PRI2020_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 368

End: 368

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h3">I. Answer question 20 if this person is 15 years old or over. Otherwise, skip to the questions for Person 2 on page 12.</span></p>

<p>20. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No independent living difficulty
2	Has independent living difficulty
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 the independent living difficulty.

Universe

Puerto Rico 2020: Persons 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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