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Octavo Censo Nacional de Población y Cuarto de Vivienda de Panamá 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 1980
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PAN_1980_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Minnesota Population Center
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Deaf-mute (PA1980A_0432)

Data file: PAN1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
30. Do you have, from birth or other cause, any physical or mental disability?

Mark one or more boxes, as appropriate

Blind


[] 1 From birth
[] 2 Other cause


Deaf-mute


[] 3 From birth
[] 4 Other cause


Mental retardation


[] 5 From birth
[] 6 Other cause


Paralysis or other physical disability


[] 7 From birth
[] 8 Other cause


[] 9 No disability
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 From birth
2 Other cause
3 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
For persons up to 40 years of age

Question 30 Do you have, from birth or other cause, any physical or mental disability?

Mark one or more boxes according to the following definitions.

a. Blind: The person has no vision or sees very little (visual weaknesses).
b. Deaf: The person does not see or talk, communicates through signs but with normal intelligence.
c. Mental retardation: consists of a below average or below normal intellectual capacity and is seen through growing up and the development of the person.
d. Invalid: is a person who through injuries in the locomotive system is not self-sufficient. It includes those who suffer from cerebral paralysis and those paralyzed in the arm or leg. Do not include those who walk with crutches or lack an arm.

If the person does not have any impediment, mark the corresponding box.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is deaf-mute.
Universe
Persons age 40 or less

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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