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2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015
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PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Independent living difficulty (PR2015A_DIFFMOB)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 367
End: 367
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">H</span> <span class="ital">Answer question 19 if this person is 15 years old or over. Otherwise, skip to the questions for person 2 on page 12.</span></p>

<p>19. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No independent living difficulty
2 Has independent living difficulty
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 whether the person has an independent living difficulty.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2015: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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