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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Difficulty remembering (US2000A_DIFFREM)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 520
End: 520
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US00A488 US00A490 US00A489 US00A583"><span class="em">17. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more, does this person have any difficulty in doing any of the following activities:</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US00A583"><span class="em">17. a. Learning, remembering, or concentrating? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether or not the respondent has any difficulty learning, remembering, or concentrating because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more.
Universe
United States 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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