Literal question
21. Is any member of the household blind, mute, deaf, or have any physical impediment, or other disability?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><p>If "yes," ask who the disabled persons are and mark an X in the box [under the column for that person] corresponding to each response. </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Blind<br />[] 2 Deaf<br />[] 3 Mute<br />[] 4 Paralyzed<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">IV. For the head of household or main informant</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="PY82A444 PY82A445 PY82A446 PY82A447 PY82A448"><span class="em">Question 21. Is any member of your family blind, dumb, deaf, or do they have any physical impediments or other deficiencies?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br />If you have marked the box corresponding to Yes, ask who?, and in the column pertaining to each affected person, make an X in the box or boxes corresponding to the situation, or specify the situation under other. If you marked the box corresponding to no, continue with the next person. <br /><br />[A depiction of question 21 to the right of the preceding text is omitted here.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[P. 54] </span><br /><br />Keep in mind the following definitions:<br /><br />Blind: Without the ability to see. Example: unable to recognize written words, colors, persons, or objects. <br /><br />Deaf: Without sensibility in the ear or the ability to hear. <br /><br />Dumb: Unable to speak<br /><br />Paralytic: Without the capacity to move one or various body parts. <br /><br />Other: This category includes mental deficiency, that is to say, a person who has alterations in their mental functioning, memory, comprehension, capacity to learn, or ability to calculate. Example: Down syndrome, mental retardation, demented, etc. <br /><br />[A drawing of men with some disability is omitted here.]<br /></svar>
