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

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch26-July2002-Dec2002

Year

2002

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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Reason for not using (B5_q17)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 2993
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Columns 14 to 17 are to be filled if entry is 1 in column 13.

Literal question

If the aid/appliance has been acquired by the member of the household but it is not being used, then what is the reason behind not using it?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	uncomfortable for use	1410	47.1%
2	difficulty in maintenance and repair	311	10.4%
9	others	1272	42.5%

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

If the aid /appliance is not used regularly, the reason for not using them are to be recorded in this column in terms of codes. The codes are:

uncomfortable for use .....….…………. 1
difficulty in maintenance and repair....... 2
others................…....…………………. 9