Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>
<p>11. Disability _ _ _</p>
<div class="i1">Does the person experience any disability (i.e., any limitation to perform a daily-life activity in a manner considered normal for a person of his/her age), because of a long-term physical/mental condition or health problem?<br />Write 'yes' or 'no'.<br /><br />[] Yes<br />[] No <br /><br />If 'yes', insert as many disabilities as applicable as follows:</div><div class="i2">[] SPCH - speaking and talking disabilities<br />[] EAR - hearing and listening disabilities even with hearing aid<br />[] EYE - seeing disabilities even with glasses<br />[] MTION - walking, running, and other ambulation disabilities<br />[] MANU - manual activity disabilities such as fingering, gripping, and holding<br />[] LEARN - disturbance of ability to learn and acquire education<br />[] BEH - disturbances of behavior, maladjustment, and liability to self-injury<br />[] CARE - inability to look after oneself with regard to personal care and hygiene, feeding, etc.<br />[] OTHER - other disabilities (specify)</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Column 11 - Disability</span>
<br />Write 'Yes' if the person, because of a long-term physical/mental condition or health problem, experiences any disability, i.e. any limitation to perform any daily-life activity in a manner considered normal for a person of his/her age. Long-term physical/mental condition or health problem is one that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more.
<br />A long-term disability or handicap is one that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more.
<br />Then describe the disabilities using the following abbreviations:</p>
<div class="i1">SPCH- speaking and talking disabilities;<br />EAR- hearing and listening disabilities even with hearing aid;<br />EYE- seeing disabilities even with glasses;<br />MTION- walking, running and other ambulation disabilities;<br />MANU- manual activity disabilities such as fingering, gripping and holding;<br />LEARN- disturbance of ability to learn and acquire education;<br />BEH- disturbances of behaviour, including antisocial behaviour, maladjustment and liability to self injury; <br />Are included under this category:</div><div class="i2">- conduct that is embarrassing, aggressive, extremely overactive, psychopathic and delinquent;<br />- disturbances of appearance such as personal uncleanliness, careless dressing and bizarre appearance; <br />- disturbances resulting from loss of consciousness, fits and blackouts; <br />- inability to correctly locate external objects events, and himself in relation to time and space and understand relations between objects and persons and to cope with specific situations.</div><div class="i1">CARE- Personal care and hygiene disabilities, i.e. inability for the person to look after himself/herself in regard to basic physiological activities, such as excretion and feeding, and caring for himself/herself, such as hygiene and dressing;<br />OTHER- other disabilities (specify).</div><p>If the person has no long-term disability or handicap, write 'No'.
