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Extended National Survey of Homes (ENHA) - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 2006
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URY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Learning disability (UY2006A_DISLEARN)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 542
End: 542
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY06A817">MS6b. Do you have permanent mental limitations that make learning difficult?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
8 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 a="all" v="UY06A817"><span class="em">MS6b. Do you have permanent mental limitations that make learning difficult?</span><br /><br />This refers to people with difficulty (according to age) to learn, memorize, understand, reproduce, and execute indications of different nature.<br /><br />Examples of question MS6b:<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Juan turned 10 years old and has a [mental] delay, he goes to the common school but receives particular psycho-pedagogical support. This corresponds to option "1".</li>
</ul><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 7]</span><br /><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Jose is 11 years old, in his third year of school and has difficulties reading and writing. This corresponds to option "2".</li>
</ul><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a learning disability.
Universe
Uruguay 2006: Persons in third trimester [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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