Population Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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ZAF_1980_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Disability (DISABLE)

Data file: South African Census 1980_v1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 18

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. Disabled persons: If person is disabled, state NATURE of disability, e.g. blind, cripple, mentally retarded, etc.

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	Addiction
2	Schizophrenia or similar serious mental illness
3	Neurosis or similar less serious mental illness
4	Dementia
5	Mentally handicapped
6	Other mental illness
7	Blind
8	Deaf
9	Deaf-Mute
10	Epileptic
11	Cripple
12	Spastic - Paraplegic
13	Spastic - Quadruplegic
14	Spastic - Hemiplegic
15	Spastic - Other
16	Permanently ill
17	More than one disability
18	Disable, not elsewhere classified

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

2 (f) QUESTION 11 – If PHYSICALLY disabled, state whether blind, deaf, deaf-mute, epileptic, spastic, paraplegic, deformed (cripple), etc. If MENTALLY ILL, state whether addicted, schizophrenic, neurotic, dementia sufferer, mentally retarded, etc. If the medical term for the person’s illness is not known, please state “serious mental illness” or “less serious mental illness”, as the case may be.

Question post text

See instruction 2f

Description

Definition

This variable records the nature of the disability of the individual household member.

Universe

Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)

Source of information

Household member

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