Population and Housing Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1980

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Reference ID

MYS_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Physical handicap (MY1980A_0422)

Data file: MYS1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 194

End: 194

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

24. Do you have any physical handicap?

[] None
[] Blind
[] Deaf/Dumb
[] Others

Categories

Value	Category
1	None
2	Blind
3	Deaf/Dumb
4	Other
5	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

Question 24
For Census purposes, a person is considered blind if he cannot read written particulars shown a yard away from him.

Deafness is to be regarded as a handicap if the condition does not enable the person to attend 'normal' schools or is unable to secure a job.

If a person is physically handicapped, but he is neither blind nor deaf/dumb he should be
put under the box 'Others'.

The box 'None' is for persons who do not have any physical handicaps.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the physical handicap of the person.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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