Census for Ireland for the Year 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1911

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IRL_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS

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Disability (IE1911A_DISAB)

Data file: IRL1911_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 500

End: 501

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">If deaf and dumb; dumb only; blind; imbecile or idiot; or lunatic</span><div class="i1">Write the respective infirmities opposite the name of the afflicted person.<br />Infirmities ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	No disability or unknown
02	Blind or vision-impaired
03	Deaf or hearing-impaired
04	Mute or speech-impaired
05	Hearing and speech-impaired
06	Hearing and vision-impaired
07	Mental or psychological disability
08	Lower or upper extremities disability
09	Paralyzed
10	Chronic illness
11	Decrepit or old-age disability
12	Other
99	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's disability.

Universe

Ireland 1911: All persons

concept

Concept

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