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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Mar 10, 2016

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Degree of disabilities (B4_q8)
File: Block 4_Demographic and other particulars of household members

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 61320
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the degree of disability of the member of the household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	cannot function even with aid/appliance	15193	24.8%
2	can function with only aid/appliance	10105	16.5%
3	can function without aid/appliance	36001	58.7%
9	Invalid	21	0.0%

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

Column 8: degree of physical disability: This column will be filled-in for persons having physical disabilities only. The codes to be used are:

1 cannot function even with aid/appliance
2 can function with only aid/appliance
3 can function without aid/appliance