India - Survey of Disabled Persons, NSS 58th Round, Schedule 26, July 2002 - Dec 2002

The degree or type of the physical disabilities of the disabled members of the household will be recorded in terms of codes in this column. No entry will be made against mental disability under this column (these cells have already been shaded). The codes to be used for each of the physical disability are given below.
Degree of visual disability:

no light perception ……………………………………………….. 1
has light perception but cannot count fingers even with spectacles up to a distance of one meter (3 feet):
normally uses spectacles ……………………………………… 2
normally does not use spectacles ……………………………. 3
has light perception but cannot count fingers even with spectacles up to a distance of 1 to 3 meters (3 to 10 feet) :
normally uses spectacles …………………………………….. 4
normally does not use spectacles ……………………………. 5

Degree of hearing disability:
profound …………… 1
severe ……………… 2
moderate …………3

The codes to be used for recording type of speech disability are:
cannot speak ........................…...…. 1
speaks only in single words ............... 2
speaks unintelligibly ................…...... 3
stammers ................................…….. 4
speaks with abnormal voice ............... 5
any other speech defects .................... 6

The codes for the five types of locomotor disabilities (including deformity of body as 'others') are:
paralysis ........................….………. 1
deformity of limb ... .............……… 2
loss of limb ................…....……….. 3
dysfunction of joints of limb............ 4
others ………………………............. 5