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

Reference ID

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

Year

2002

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

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Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

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Extent of physical disability (B4_q8)
File: Block 4_Demographic and other particulars of household members

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 68138
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the extent of disability of the member of the household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	cannot take self-care even with aid/appliance	9644	14.2%
2	can take self-care with only aid / appliance	11857	17.4%
3	can take self-care without aid/appliance	40353	59.2%
4	aid/appliance not tried / not available	6246	9.2%
9	invalid	38	0.1%

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

Column 8: extent of physical disability: This column will be filled-in for persons having physical disabilities only, i.e. for persons with code 2 to 6 in col. 7. Self-care, such as, ability to go to latrine, taking food, getting dressed, etc., are to be taken into account for determining the extent of physical disability of a disabled member. The codes to be used are:

cannot take self-care even with aid/appliance …….…. 1
can take self-care with only aid/appliance ............…. 2
can take self-care without aid/appliance ...................... 3
aid/appliance not tried / not available ………………... 4

A ' - ' mark will be put if the person has only mental disability i.e. code 1 in col. 7. Persons with no light perception will be treated as 'cannot take self-care even with aid/appliance'. Similarly, persons without legs (both) or arms (both) or both the arms and legs (or those unable to use arms or legs due to paralysis or deformity) will also be treated as 'cannot take self-care even with aid/appliance'. Codes 2 and 3 are self-explanatory. In case a disabled person has never tried any aid/appliance or that the aid/appliance was not available to him/her and as such he/she is not aware of his/her position in regard to their use, code 4 will be recorded.