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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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Type of aid / appliance (B5_q14)

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

Overview

Valid: 11164
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 68
End: 69
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Columns 14 to 17 are to be filled if entry is 1 in column 13.
Literal question
Exactly what type of aid/appliance has been acquired by the member of the household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
00 invalid 24
0.2%
01 hearing .aid 1327
11.9%
02 wheelchair 596
5.3%
03 artificial limb 595
5.3%
04 crutch 2298
20.6%
05 splint 348
3.1%
06 tricycle 432
3.9%
07 callipers 838
7.5%
08 spinal brace 97
0.9%
10 high powered glasses 2654
23.8%
99 others 1955
17.5%
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
This item will be filled-in for the disability for which aid/ap­pliance had been advised and also acquired (i.e. for the disability with code 1 against col. 13). The type of aid/appliance acquired for personal independence or economic independence or other reasons will be recorded in codes. Aid/appliance will relate to physical aids/appliances and therapies will not be included.

The codes to be used are:

hearing aid …... 01 tricycle ……………... 06
wheelchair …... 02 callipers …………….. 07
artificial limbs .. 03 spinal brace ………... 08
crutch ……….. 04 high powered glasses .. 10
splint ………… 05 others ………………. 99

(note: code 01 is applicable for hearing disability only, codes 02-08 are applicable for locomotor disability only and code 10 is applicable for visual disability only)
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