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VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981
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Reference ID
DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Mute (DO1981A_MUTE)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
39. Does the interviewed person have any of the following disabilities?
<br />(More than one option may be marked)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Blind<br />[] 2 Deaf<br />[] 3 Mute<br />[] 4 Physical disability<br />[] 5 Mental disability<br />[] 6 Doesn't have</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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">Question 39:</span> Does the enumerated person have any of the following disabilities?</p>

<p>The person is asked if he has any of the disabilities found in the question. The alternatives are read and the corresponding circles are filled in.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is mute.
Universe
Dominican Republic 1981: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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