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) |
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Late in sitting, walking, talking etc.
(B5_q8)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member
Overview
Type:
Discrete Format: character Width: 1 | Valid cases: 11283 Invalid: 0 |
Questions and instructions
If having mental disability, was he/she late in sitting, walking or talking in childhood as compared to other children?
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | yes: sitting | 162 | 1.4% |
2 | yes: walking | 139 | 1.2% |
3 | yes: talking | 618 | 5.5% |
4 | yes: any combination of codes 1 to 3 | 4923 | 43.6% |
5 | cannot recall / not known | 1615 | 14.3% |
6 | no | 3826 | 33.9% |
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.
The information under this column is to be recorded for persons reporting mental disability. For such persons it is to be ascertained whether he/she was late in sitting, walking or talking in childhood as compared to other children. The 'normal time' for attaining the milestone after birth in the case of 'sitting' is 'before 1 year', for 'walking' it is 'before 2 years' and for 'talking' it is 'before 3 years'. If the disabled person had performed these activities after the stipulated time given for each such activity, he/she would be considered as 'late' for that activity. The detailed codes are:
yes:
sitting …………………………… 1
walking …………………............ 2
talking ………………………….. 3
any combination of codes 1 to 3... 4
cannot recall / not known ……… 5
no ………………….………………. 6
Code 1, 2, 3 or 4 is to be recorded if the reply is in affirmative for late in sitting, walking, talking or any combination of them, respectively. If the respondent cannot recall or does not know the time of attainment of these milestones by the disabled member, code 5 is to be recorded. Code 6 will be recorded if the disabled member was not late in attaining these developmental milestones.
yes:
sitting …………………………… 1
walking …………………............ 2
talking ………………………….. 3
any combination of codes 1 to 3... 4
cannot recall / not known ……… 5
no ………………….………………. 6
Code 1, 2, 3 or 4 is to be recorded if the reply is in affirmative for late in sitting, walking, talking or any combination of them, respectively. If the respondent cannot recall or does not know the time of attainment of these milestones by the disabled member, code 5 is to be recorded. Code 6 will be recorded if the disabled member was not late in attaining these developmental milestones.