India - Survey of Disabled Persons: NSS 47th Round, Schedule 26, July 1991 - December 1991

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-47Rnd-Sch26-July1991-Dec1991

Year

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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Whether having the disability by birth (B5_q13)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 69450
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Whether the member of the household having the disability by birth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	17505	25.2%
2	No	51945	74.8%

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

Code 1 will be recorded if the particular type of disability was from birth and otherwise, code 2 will be recorded. Persons who have acquired disability during infancy (below 1 year of age) without known reasons, would also be considered to have disability 'from birth' and code 1 will be assigned.