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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Mental retardation (GT1981A_DISMNTL)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 246
End: 246
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For all individuals</span>
<br />[Questions 1 - 8 were asked for all persons]</p>

<p>8. Disability</p>
<div class="i1">Do you have any physical or mental impediment, from birth or other cause?<br /><br />(Circle one or more numbers as the case may be.)<br /><br />[] 1 No disability<br />[] 2 Blind<br />[] 3 Deaf-mute<br />[] 4 Paralyzed<br />[] 5 Amputee<br />[] 6 Mentally retarded<br />[] 7 Other (specify) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
<svar v="GT81A402 GT81A403 GT81A404 GT81A405 GT81A406 GT81A408 GT81A409 GT81A410 GT81A411 GT81A412 GT81A413 GT81A414 GT81A415"><span class="h2">A. First block: personal characteristics (for all persons)</span><br /><br />This part of the census form is designed to study the composition of the population according to the following characteristics: relationship to the head of household, sex, age, marital status, maternal orphanhood, ethnicity, and disabilities.<br /><br />Questions 1-8 are presented to all enumerated persons, without exception, following the specific instructions presented below:<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A409 GT81A410 GT81A411 GT81A412 GT81A413 GT81A414 GT81A415"><span class="em">Question 8: disability</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />Do you have any physical or mental impediment, congenital or by another cause?<br /><br />The following definition will help the enumerator investigate the question:<br /><br />Disabled person: The person whose physical or mental well-being is temporarily or permanently disturbed, either from birth or during life because of illness or any type of accident.<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />One or more of the numbers corresponding to categories in the census form are circled.<br /><br />If the enumerated person does not have a physical or mental disability, number "1. no disability" is circled.<br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 8 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person has mental retardation.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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