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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Personal care limitation (US1990A_PERSCARE)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 407
End: 407
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US90A493 US90A494"><span class="em">19. Because of a health condition that has lasted for 6 or more months, does this person have any difficulty --</span><br /><br />[Consider a person to have difficulty with these activities if any of the following situations apply: (1) it takes extra time or extra effort for the person to perform one or more of the activities, (2) there are times when the person cannot perform one or more of the activities, or (3) the person is completely unable to perform one more of the activities.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US90A494"><span class="em">19b. Taking care of his or her own personal needs, such as bathing, dressing, or getting around inside the home?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No personal care limitation
2 Yes, personal care limitation
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 respondents have any physical or mental health condition that has lasted at least 6 months and makes it difficult for them to take care of their own personal needs, such as bathing, dressing, or getting around inside the home.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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