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XVI Population Census and V Dwelling Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Honduras, 2001
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HND_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Household member with total blindness (HN2001A_DISBLINDHH)

Data file: HND2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 244
End: 244
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section C. Household information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Disability</span></p>

<p>10. In this household, does any person have?</p>

<p>A. Total blindness</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, at least one household member
2 No
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
<span class="em">Disability</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 10: In this household, does any person present: Total blindness?; total deafness?; Total muteness?; total loss or disability of any arm or leg?; mental deficiency?</span>
<br />Complete the question by reading each of the options and mark the circle or circles that correspond to the answer obtained. Remember that every notation will be in terms of total disability.</p>

<p>Below we present some cases and the manner of registering the answer:</p>
<div class="i1">a) If the person can only see out of one eye, mark the 'no' circle for total blindness.<br /><br />b) If the person is a deaf-mute, mark both circles 'yes' for total deafness and total muteness.<br /><br />c) If the person was born without a leg and uses an artificial leg for walking, mark the circle 'yes' for loss or disability of any arm or leg.<br /><br />d) If the person broke an arm and it is in a cast, mark the circle 'no' in all of the options.<br /><br />e) If the person uses a hearing device, mark the circle 'no' for total deafness.<br /><br />f) If the person has cerebral paralysis, suffers from down syndrome, etc., mark the circle 'yes' in mental deficiency.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether at least one household member has total blindness.
Universe
Honduras 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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