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

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Type of aid / appliance (B5_q14)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 2

Valid cases: 11164
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

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)