Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2006

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Reference ID

UGA_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Has difficulty with communication and comprehension (H_DISCOM)

Data file: UGA2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 709

End: 710

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

37) Does (NAME) have difficulty communicating (for example understanding others or others understanding him/her) because of a physical, mental or emotional health condition?

NO - NO DIFFICULTY 1
YES - SOME DIFFICULTY 2
YES - A LOT OF DIFFICULTY 3
CANNOT DO AT ALL 4
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
11	Some difficulty
12	A lot of difficulty
13	Cannot do at all
14	Yes, don't know how much difficulty
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

DISCOM indicates whether the household member has difficulty with comprehension and communication in their usual language.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General disability Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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