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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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Mobility disability (UY2006A_DISMOBIL)

Data file: URY2006_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 538
End: 538
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="UY06A813">MS3. Do you have permanent limitations walking, even when using canes, crutches, or prosthetics?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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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="UY06A813"><span class="em">MS3. Do you have permanent limitations walking, even when using canes, crutches, or prosthetics? </span><br /><br />This question seeks to find out if the person has difficulties with locomotion, just as in the earlier cases it's important that you ask the entire question, that's to say that you only mark "Yes" when the person, even with canes, crutches, or prosthetics has problems walking.<br /><br />This refers to the people who a wheelchair daily and permanently and those who have permanent difficulties walking even with external help (crutches, walker, Canadian canes, rods, prosthetics, etc.) This excludes any person with a temporary difficulty as a cause of fractures, the application of casts, that's in a postoperative period, or rehabilitation treatment for less than a year, etc.<br /><br />Examples of question MS3.<br /><ul class="b1">
<li>Gabriela, of 80 years, can't walk because she gets tired a lot due to a cardiac sickness. This corresponds to option "1".</li>

<li>Federico has moved in a wheelchair for the last 4 months, but will only use it until he recuperates from the accident. This corresponds to option "2".</li>
</ul><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has a mobility 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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