Censos Nacionales IX de Población y V de Vivienda 2000 - IPUMS Subset
Costa Rica, 2000
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CRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
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Disability (CR2000A_DISAB)
Data file: CRI2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
214
End:
214
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions 1 - 8 are] For all individuals</p>
<p><span class="em">8. Does ____ have any permanent disability, such as</span><div class="i1">[] 1 partial or total blindness?<br />[] 2 partial or total deafness?<br />[] 3 mental retardation?<br />[] 4 paralysis or amputation?<br />[] 5 mental illness?<br />[] Other (specify) ____<br />[] 7 None</div>
<p><span class="em">8. Does ____ have any permanent disability, such as</span><div class="i1">[] 1 partial or total blindness?<br />[] 2 partial or total deafness?<br />[] 3 mental retardation?<br />[] 4 paralysis or amputation?<br />[] 5 mental illness?<br />[] Other (specify) ____<br />[] 7 None</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Total or partial blindness |
| 2 | Total or partial deafness |
| 3 | Mental disability |
| 4 | Paralysis, amputation |
| 5 | Mental illness |
| 6 | Other |
| 7 | None |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CR00A006 CR00A007 CR00A010 CR00A011 CR00A072 CR00A073 CR00A400 CR00A401 CR00A402 CR00A403 CR00A404 CR00A405 CR00A406 CR00A407 CR00A408 CR00A409 CR00A412 CR00A413 CR00A435 CR00A436"><span class="h3">First block</span><br /><br /><span class="h3">For all persons</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR00A413"><span class="em">Question 8: Disability</span><br /><br />The objective of this question is estimating the population of the country that presents any type of permanent deficiency that can be a disability to the person, making it hard to fulfill daily activities in an independent manner; and in this way to guide the programs of attention to these persons.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br />Deficiencies can be by origin: congenital (since birth) or acquired (by sickness or accident).<br /><br />Mark with "X" only one of the deficiencies, the most important, according to the situation of the person.<br /><br />The most common deficiencies are:<br /><br /><span class="em">1. Partial or total blindness</span>: Consists of the partial or total loss of visual capability. <span class="em">Include</span>: blind or cannot see in one or both eyes. Among the most frequent causes are: cataracts, glaucoma, diabetes, German measles, squint or others. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons who can correct their deficiencies with glasses or contact lenses.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a blind man.]<br /><br /><span class="em">2. Partial or total deafness</span>: consists of the partial or total loss of aural capacity. <span class="em">Include</span>: deaf persons of one or both ears, such as any person who has permanent difficulty in hearing or wears a hearing aid. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons with temporary hearing problems.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a deaf man.]<br /><br /><span class="em">3. Mental retardation</span>: Mental retardation is characterized by significant difficulty in intellectual functioning and for learning (concepts and intellectual practices). <span class="em">Include</span>: persons with Downs Syndrome (previously called mongolism) and all known grades of mental retardation. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons with learning problems such as: dyslexia, attention deficit (lack of concentration and attention), others.<br /><br /><span class="em">4. Paralysis, amputation</span>: Understood as the loss, paralysis or difficulty of functioning or mobility of one of many parts of the body (foot, leg, hand, arm), or both, in some cases fingers. <span class="em">Include</span>: persons with cerebral paralysis, with physical difficulties by polio, severe arthritis, by amputations, congenital physical malformations, such as persons with involuntary movements, like Parkinson's disease. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: cases of muscular, head or back pain, rheumatism, tiredness, or temporary fractures.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of two handicapped persons.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 63]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">5. Mental illness</span>: take into account all mental diseases that cause serious problems of adaptation and social behavior in persons. <span class="em">Include</span>: severe psychiatric problems like psychosis, schizophrenia, neurosis, dementia, permanent depression, that makes it difficult to lead a life considered "normal". <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons affected by temporary depression, stress or other transitory states of mind, known popularly as suffering from "nerves".<br /><br /><span class="em">6. Others</span>: are those deficiencies by losses, scarcities or anomalies that are not included in the previous deficiencies. <span class="em">Include</span>: chronic obstructive lung disease (EPOC), other lung insufficiencies, cystic fibrosis, harelip, hemophiliacs, mutes, epilepsy, among others. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: any other common suffering or disease such as hypertension, ulcers, emphysema, bronchitis, diabetes, whenever they have caused consequences that are classified in previous categories.<br /><br /><span class="em">7. None</span>: are cases in which the person claims to not have any permanent deficiency.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="CR00A413"><span class="em">Question 8: Disability</span><br /><br />The objective of this question is estimating the population of the country that presents any type of permanent deficiency that can be a disability to the person, making it hard to fulfill daily activities in an independent manner; and in this way to guide the programs of attention to these persons.<br /><br />[To the right of the text is a form.]<br /><br />Deficiencies can be by origin: congenital (since birth) or acquired (by sickness or accident).<br /><br />Mark with "X" only one of the deficiencies, the most important, according to the situation of the person.<br /><br />The most common deficiencies are:<br /><br /><span class="em">1. Partial or total blindness</span>: Consists of the partial or total loss of visual capability. <span class="em">Include</span>: blind or cannot see in one or both eyes. Among the most frequent causes are: cataracts, glaucoma, diabetes, German measles, squint or others. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons who can correct their deficiencies with glasses or contact lenses.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a blind man.]<br /><br /><span class="em">2. Partial or total deafness</span>: consists of the partial or total loss of aural capacity. <span class="em">Include</span>: deaf persons of one or both ears, such as any person who has permanent difficulty in hearing or wears a hearing aid. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons with temporary hearing problems.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of a deaf man.]<br /><br /><span class="em">3. Mental retardation</span>: Mental retardation is characterized by significant difficulty in intellectual functioning and for learning (concepts and intellectual practices). <span class="em">Include</span>: persons with Downs Syndrome (previously called mongolism) and all known grades of mental retardation. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons with learning problems such as: dyslexia, attention deficit (lack of concentration and attention), others.<br /><br /><span class="em">4. Paralysis, amputation</span>: Understood as the loss, paralysis or difficulty of functioning or mobility of one of many parts of the body (foot, leg, hand, arm), or both, in some cases fingers. <span class="em">Include</span>: persons with cerebral paralysis, with physical difficulties by polio, severe arthritis, by amputations, congenital physical malformations, such as persons with involuntary movements, like Parkinson's disease. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: cases of muscular, head or back pain, rheumatism, tiredness, or temporary fractures.<br /><br />[Below the text is a picture of two handicapped persons.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 63]</span><br /><br /><span class="em">5. Mental illness</span>: take into account all mental diseases that cause serious problems of adaptation and social behavior in persons. <span class="em">Include</span>: severe psychiatric problems like psychosis, schizophrenia, neurosis, dementia, permanent depression, that makes it difficult to lead a life considered "normal". <span class="em">Exclude</span>: persons affected by temporary depression, stress or other transitory states of mind, known popularly as suffering from "nerves".<br /><br /><span class="em">6. Others</span>: are those deficiencies by losses, scarcities or anomalies that are not included in the previous deficiencies. <span class="em">Include</span>: chronic obstructive lung disease (EPOC), other lung insufficiencies, cystic fibrosis, harelip, hemophiliacs, mutes, epilepsy, among others. <span class="em">Exclude</span>: any other common suffering or disease such as hypertension, ulcers, emphysema, bronchitis, diabetes, whenever they have caused consequences that are classified in previous categories.<br /><br /><span class="em">7. None</span>: are cases in which the person claims to not have any permanent deficiency.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's type of disability, if any.
Universe
Costa Rica 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Disability Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |