Cause of speech disability
(B5_q10)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Format: character
Width: 2
| Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0
|
Definition
Speech disability:
This referred to persons' inability to speak properly. Speech of a person was judged to be disordered if the person's speech was not understood by the listener. Persons with speech disability included those who could not speak, spoke only with limited words or those with loss of voice. It also included those whose speech was not understood due to defects in speech, such
as stammering, nasal voice, hoarse voice and discordant voice and articulation defects, etc.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is the cause of speech disabilty of the member of the household?
Categories
|
00
|
not reported
|
|
01
|
hearing impairment
|
|
02
|
voice disorder
|
|
03
|
cleft palate
|
|
04
|
paralysis
|
|
05
|
mental illness/ retardation
|
|
06
|
other illness
|
|
10
|
burns
|
|
11
|
injury other than burns
|
|
12
|
medical/surgical intervention
|
|
13
|
old age
|
|
14
|
other reasons
|
|
15
|
not known
|
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.
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