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National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001
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BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Number of dwellers suffering blindness (BO2001A_BLIND)

Data file: BOL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO01A047 BO01A048 BO01A049 BO01A050 BO01A051 BO01A052 BO01A053 BO01A054 BO01A055 BO01A056 BO01A057 BO01A058 BO01A059 BO01A060 BO01A061 BO01A062 BO01A063 BO01A064 BO01A065 BO01A066 BO01A067 BO01A068 BO01A069 BO01A070 BO01A071 BO01A072 BO01A073 BO01A074 BO01A075 BO01A076">[Questions 6 to 26 were asked of persons who lived in occupied private dwelling and were present at the time of enumeration, per Questions 4 and 5.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A070 BO01A071 BO01A072">22. In this household, how many people are:<br /><div class="i1">Blind?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0 None<br />[] 1 One<br />[] 2 Two<br />[] 3 Three or more</div><br /><div class="i1">Deaf or mutes?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0 None<br />[] 1 One<br />[] 2 Two<br />[] 3 Three or more</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Paralyzed or with an arm or leg amputated?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0 None<br />[] 1 One<br />[] 2 Two<br />[] 3 Three or more</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 1
2 2
3 3 or more
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
<svar v="BO01A047 BO01A048 BO01A049 BO01A050 BO01A051 BO01A052 BO01A053 BO01A054 BO01A055 BO01A056 BO01A057 BO01A058 BO01A059 BO01A060 BO01A061 BO01A062 BO01A063 BO01A064 BO01A065 BO01A066 BO01A067 BO01A068 BO01A069 BO01A070 BO01A071 BO01A072 BO01A073 BO01A074 BO01A075 BO01A076"><span class="h2">Chapter C. Characteristics of dwellings with inhabitants who are present</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A070 BO01A071 BO01A072"><span class="em">Question 22. In this household, how many persons are [disabled]?</span><br /><br />[Disabilities]<br /><br />Each one of the alternatives is read and the corresponding oval is filled in. If no person in the household corresponds to these situations, the "none" oval is filled in for each alternative. The ovals should not be left blank because, if they are, it will be interpreted to mean that the question had not been presented.<br /><br />For example:<br /><br />Mrs. Martínez: The only one would be my oldest son who does not see very well. This is why we bought glasses for him. Nobody is deaf/mute or paralyzed.<br /><br />Because the son is not completely blind, the form is filled out in this way:<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form with appropriate ovals filled in.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Important:</span><br />A person is considered to be blind if they cannot see anything. Someone who is deaf/mute cannot hear or speak at all.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of people blind in the household.
Universe
Bolivia 2001: Private, occupied dwellings with people present [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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