43. Does (NAME) have any of the following problems:
READ EACH ITEM ON THE LIST AND CIRCLE THE CODES FOR ALL POSITIVE ('YES') RESPONSES
BLIND A
DEAF B
MUTE C
LIMPING OR DISABLED FROM HIS HANDS OR FEET D
CRAZY OR SIMPLE-MINDED E
PARALYZED F
SOMETHING ELSE G
DON'T KNOW H
Categories
Value
Category
00
No
10
Yes
11
Some difficulty speaking
12
A lot of difficulty speaking
13
Cannnot communicate at all
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
DISMUTE indicates whether the household member has difficulty communicating when speaking and, if so, the degree of difficulty.