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Fourth General Census of Population and Housing 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2009
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MLI_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Disability (ML2009A_DISAB)

Data file: MLI2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">P12) Handicap</span>
<br />Does [Name] have any kind of handicap? </p>
<div class="i1">Record the corresponding code.<br /><br />[] 00 None<br />[] 01 Physical handicap<br />[] 02 Hearing handicap<br />[] 03 Visual handicap<br />[] 04 Mental handicap<br />[] 05 Multiple handicaps</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 Physical disability
2 Hearing disability
3 Vision disability
4 Mental disability
5 Multiple disabilities
9 Unknown
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
<span class="em"> 6.2.3.11 Disability (Column P12) </span>
<br />This question covers the main disabilities encountered in the Malian population. The term "disability," refers to a physical, auditory, hearing, visual or mental disability in everyday life resulting in a slowdown of the productive activity of the individual. In some cases, disability can result in complete incapacitation. The question to ask the CM for each household member: "Does [Name] have a disability?"</p>

<p>The agent records:</p>
<div class="i1">0 No: Person with no disability<br />1 Physical Disability: This is a person who, for various reasons (injury, heredity ...), lost or has deformations of its upper or lower members<br />2 Hearing impairment: This is person affected by a difficulty related to hearing (ears)<br />3 Visual Impairment: This is a person affected by an difficulty related sight (eyes)<br />4 Special Needs: This is about a difficulty related to the nervous system<br />5 Polyhandicaped: This is a person who suffers from several disabilities at once<br />6 Mute: This is a person who does not have the ability to speak<br />7 Other Disabilities: This is any other disability outside of everything already mentioned.</div><p>[Omitted example] </p>

<p>Instructions: A disability is an everyday disturbance. The agent must verify that it is not a temporary illness (malaria, diarrhea, influenza, leprosy, tuberculosis ...).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's disability.
Universe
Mali 2009: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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