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XVI National Population and V de Housing Census1993 - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1993 - 1994
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Reference ID
COL_1993_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Lower extremity paralysis (CO1993A_0409)

Data file: COL1993-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
F1. Ask these questions to all persons.




28. Does the person have any of these limitations?

[] 1 Blindness
[] 1 Loss of hearing
[] 1 Mute
[] 1 Retardation or mental deficiency
[] 1 Paralysis or missing upper appendages
[] 1 Paralysis or missing lower appendages
[] 2 None of the above limitations


[Numbering shown as appears in the original language form]
Categories
Value Category
1 With
2 Without
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
F1. Ask these questions to all persons




28. Does [the respondent] have any of these limitations?

The objective of this question is to determine the number of persons with permanent limitations in the functioning of their sensory, locomotive, and mental organs.

[Below the text is a form.]

Read each of the alternatives and mark all those that in which the interviewed person answers affirmatively.

If a person answers that they have no limitations or mention something that is not included in the list, mark "none of the previous".

The option "paralysis or absence of superior members" is marked when a person is missing fingers or has lost movement of them. Also when the problem affects the hand completely, the arm or the forearm. In a similar manner, "paralysis or absence of inferior members" when the members affected are the feet or legs.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person had limitation due to paralysis or missing lower appendages.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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