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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Aid / appliance advised (B5_q13)

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

Overview

Valid: 75464

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 67

End: 67

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Whether aid/appliance has been advised and it has been acquired?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes : acquired	11385	15.1%
2	yes : not acquired	4470	5.9%
3	no	59609	79%

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

Whether or not a physically disabled member was advised for any aid/appliance for the disability is to be recorded under column 13 in terms of codes. The codes are:

yes:
acquired ………. 1
not acquired …… 2
no ………………… 3

In some cases aid/appliance are acquired without seeking advice/treatment. In such cases, it is to be considered as self-advice and code 1 may be recorded. Those who do not seek advice and also do not acquire aid/appliance will get code 3.

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