XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2000

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Reference ID

BRA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Apr 20, 2011

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Ability to hear (BR2000A_0429)

Data file: BRA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 232

End: 232

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4.12 How do you evaluate your ability to hear? (If you use a hearing aid, make your evaluation based on when you're using it)

[] 1 incapable
[] 2 severe permanent difficulties
[] 3 some permanent difficulties
[] 4 no difficulty

Categories

Value	Category
1	Incapable
2	Significant permanent difficulty
3	Some permanent difficulty
4	No difficulty
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

Question 4.12 - How do you evaluate your hearing ability? (If the person uses a hearing aid, make your evaluation when he or she is wearing it.)

According to the declaration, mark:

1 - Unable - for persons who state they have been totally deaf since birth or who have completely lost their hearing for reasons of disease or accident;
2 - Severe permanent difficulty - for persons who have great permanent difficulty in hearing, even with the use of a hearing aid;
3 - Some permanent difficulty - for persons who say they have some permanent difficulty in hearing, even with the use of a hearing aid; and
4 - No difficulty - for persons who state that they have no difficulty hearing, even if this requires the use of a hearing aid.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether a person has a problem with his/her ability to hear.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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