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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Physical disability (DO1981A_DISPHYS)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 256
End: 256
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
39. Does the interviewed person have any of the following disabilities?
<br />(More than one option may be marked)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Blind<br />[] 2 Deaf<br />[] 3 Mute<br />[] 4 Physical disability<br />[] 5 Mental disability<br />[] 6 Doesn't have</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="em">Question 39:</span> Does the enumerated person have any of the following disabilities?</p>

<p>The person is asked if he has any of the disabilities found in the question. The alternatives are read and the corresponding circles are filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a physical disability.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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