INDIA - Survey on Health Care: NSS 52nd Round, Schedule 25, 1995 - 1996

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-52-25.0-2011

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

INDIA

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

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Whether having disability-hearing (DISABILITY_HEARING)
File: DETAILS OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE & CHRONIC AILMENTS FOR THE AGED(above 60 yrs)(Block 9)

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 33990
Invalid: 0

Definition

Hearing disability : This refers to persons' inability to hear properly. Hearing disability is to be judged taking into consideration disability of the better ear. Hearing disability will be judged without taking into consideration the use of hearing aids ( i.e. the position obtaining for the person without the aids used).

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Is the aged person suffering from any physical disability?

Literal question

Does the aged person suffer from hearing disability?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No response	483	1.4%
1	Yes	4871	14.3%
2	No	28636	84.2%

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.