Home / Central Data Catalog / IRQ_1997_PHC_V01_M_V03_A_IPUMS / variable [F2]
central

Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
Get Microdata
Reference ID
IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 29, 2011
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
Page views
24973
Downloads
813

Kind of disability (IQ1997A_0445)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 263
End: 264
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
The fields (71, 72) are filled for all handicapped persons without recognition to the sex or age.



71. Type of disability

[] 1 No hearing
[] 2 Dumb
[] 3 No hearing and dumb
[] 4 Lost one eye
[] 5 Lost both eyes
[] 6 Lost one leg
[] 7 Lost both legs
[] 8 Lost one hand
[] 9 Lost both hands
[] 10 Insane
[] 11 Paralysis
[] 12 Others ____
Categories
Value Category
0 Not handicapped
1 Not hearing
2 Dumb
3 Lost one eye
4 Lost two eyes
5 Deaf (not hearing and dumb)
6 Lost one leg
7 Lost two legs
8 Lost one hand
9 Lost two hands
10 Mad
11 Paralysis
20 Other
99 Unknown
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
71. The type of Handicapped:
Indicated by the sign (x) in the square opposite to the type of handicapped the person had. If the person is blind the sign is put in the square opposite to the phrase (lost 2 eyes) if one of his legs is cut the sign is put in the square opposite to the phrase (lost 1 leg), if the person has lost one leg and one eye at the same time the state is recorded in the special space for that and so on.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the disability status of the person.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog