2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 2005

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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS

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Household member with disability: permanent learning or social difficulty, mental problems (NI2005A_DISMENTL)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 284

End: 284

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="NI05A087 NI05A088 NI05A089">11. In this household, are there one or more persons: (multiple answers [accepted])<br /><div class="i1">Who are deaf, or mute, or blind?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Who have permanent difficulty walking, bathing or dressing themselves?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Who have permanent difficulty learning or understanding, have mental problems, or have difficulty relating to others?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
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.

Interviewer instructions

<svar v="NI05A087 NI05A088 NI05A089"><span class="h2">Persons with some type of disability</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">Definitions</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Disability</span><br />This is a physical or mental deficiency which limits activities (eating, walking, working, studying, etc.) and social participation (having fun, attending meetings, attending religious or political activities, etc.).<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates if there are persons in this household who have permanent difficulty learning or understanding, have mental problems, or have difficulty relating to others.

Universe

Nicaragua 2005: Private households with inhabitants present or hotel, boarding house and guest house [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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