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 difficulty walking, bathing, or dressing themselves (NI2005A_DISPHYS)

Data file: NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 283

End: 283

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 who have permanent difficulty walking, bathing, or dressing themselves.

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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