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National Censuses: IX Population and IV Housing, Peru 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 1993
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PER_1993_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Blindness (PE1993A_BLIND)

Data file: PER1993_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PE93A401 PE93A405 PE93A414 PE93A415 PE93A416 PE93A417 PE93A422 PE93A432 PE93A435 PE93A438">5. Do you have any of the following disabilities?<br /><div class="i1">Circle one or more numbers, as appropriate:<br /><br />[] 1 Total blindness<br />[] 2 Total deafness<br />[] 3 Muteness<br />[] 4 Mental retardation<br />[] 5 Mental illness<br />[] 6 Polio<br />[] 7 Loss or paralysis of upper extremity<br />[] 8 Loss or paralysis of lower extremity<br />[] 9 Other (specify) ____<br />[] 0 No disability</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has total blindness.

The data are valid for the first 7 departments (roughly 23% of the country), but are corrupted after that point and coded as "Unknown".
Universe
Peru 1993: All persons

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