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Survey on Health Care July - June 1995-96
NSS 52nd Round

India, 1995 - 1996
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IND-NSSO-SHC-1995-v2.1
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Whether having disability-speech (DISABILITY_SPEECH)

Data file: Block 9

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 62
End: 62
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Is the aged person suffering from any physical disability?
Literal question
Whether having disability - Speech
Categories
Value Category
0 No response
1 Yes
2 No
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.

Description

Definition
Speech disability : This refers to persons' inability to speak properly. Speech of a person is judged to be disordered if the persons' speech is not understood by the listener, draws attention to the manner in which he speaks than to the meaning and is aesthetically unpleasant.Persons with speech disability include those who cannot speak, speak only limited words or those with loss of voice. It also includes those having speech but with defects in speech such as, stammering, nasal voice, hoarse voice, discordant voice and articulation defects etc.
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