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

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

Year

Country

India

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National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

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

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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How aid/appliance acquired (code) (B5_q19)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 6060
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How the aid/appliance was acquired by the disabled member of the household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	not reported	12	0.2%
1	purchased	3602	59.4%
2	assistance from govemment	855	14.1%
3	philanthropic organisation	256	4.2%
9	others	1335	22.0%

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

How the aid/appliance relating to the disability was acquired by the disabled member, will be recorded in codes against this item. The codes are:
purchased …………………….. 1
assistance from:
government ………………… 2
philanthropic organisation.......... 3
others …………………………. 9

If an aid/appliance is purchased using own money as well as financial assistance from any organisation, then the code 1 will be given if own money is more than the financial assistance. Else, one of codes 2, 3 or 9 will be assigned. Codes 2, 3 or 9 will also be applicable if the aid/appliance is given in kind.