India - Survey of Disabled Persons , July-Dec 1990, NSS 47th Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-SDP-1991-v1.0

Year

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 16, 2018

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If having speech disability (5 yrs & above) - type (code) (B5_q9)
File: Block 5_Particulars of physical disability of the disabled member

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

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 extent of speech disabilty of the member of the household?

Categories

Value	Category
0	not reported
1	can not speak
2	speaks only in single words
3	speaks unintelligibly
4	stammers
5	speakes with abnormal voice
9	any other speech defects

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.