Survey of disabled persons, July 2002 - Dec 2002
NSS 58th Round

India, 2002

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch26-July2002-Dec2002

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Disability from birth (B5_q5)

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

Overview

Valid: 86745

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 57

End: 57

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Whether the member of the household having the disability by birth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	32185	37.1%
2	no	54560	62.9%

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

Code 1 will be recorded if the particular type of disability was from birth and otherwise, code 2 will be recorded. Persons who have acquired disability during infancy (below 1 year of age) without known reasons, would also be considered to have disability 'from birth' and code 1 will be assigned.

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Survey of disabled persons, July 2002 - Dec 2002 NSS 58th Round