Survey of Disabled Persons , July-Dec 1990
NSS 47th Round

India

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IND-NSSO-SDP-1991-v1.0

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If aid/appliance advised but not acquired, reason (code) (B5_q20)

Data file: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 67

End: 67

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

If the aid/appliance was advised to the disabled member of the household and still it has not been acquired, then what was the reason behind it?

Categories

Value	Category
0	not reported
1	not available
2	expensive
3	not necessary for economic independence
4	personal independence
9	others

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

For each physical disability of the member for which aid/appliance was advised but was not acquired, reason for not acquiring the aid/appliance by the disabled member is to be recorded in this column. The codes to be used are:

not available ………………….. 1
expensive ……………………… 2
not necessary for:
economic independence …… 3
personal independence ……. 4
others …………………………. 9

'Economic independence' means that the disabled person does not face any difficulty in pursuing his/her livelihood. When the disabled person does not need any help from others for his daily chores he/she is considered to have 'personal independence'.

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Survey of Disabled Persons , July-Dec 1990 NSS 47th Round