South African Census 1980
South Africa, 1980
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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3
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Disability (DISABLTY)
Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2
Overview
Valid:
1512002
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
43
loc_end_pos:
44
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 18
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
11. Disabled persons: If person is disabled, state NATURE of disability, e.g. blind, cripple, mentally retarded, etc.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1484422 |
98.2%
|
|
| 1 | Addiction | 84 |
0%
|
| 2 | Schizophrenia or similar serious mental illness | 1376 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Neurosis or similar less serious mental illness | 2926 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | Dementia | 87 |
0%
|
| 5 | Mentally retarded | 2768 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Other psychological abnormality | 138 |
0%
|
| 7 | Blindness | 4985 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Deafness | 934 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Deaf-mute | 603 |
0%
|
| 10 | Epileptic | 1181 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Cripple | 8180 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | Spastic - Paraplegic | 422 |
0%
|
| 13 | Quadriplegic | 11 |
0%
|
| 14 | Hemiplegic | 57 |
0%
|
| 15 | Other | 268 |
0%
|
| 16 | Permanently ill | 739 |
0%
|
| 17 | More than one disability | 507 |
0%
|
| 18 | Disabled but disability unknown or not classified elsewhere | 2314 |
0.2%
|
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
2 (f) QUESTION 11 - If PHYSICALLY disabled, state whether blind, deaf, deaf-mute, epileptic, spastic, paraplegic, deformed (cripple), etc. If MENTALLY ILL, state whether addicted, schizophrenic, neurotic, dementia sufferer, mentally retarded, etc. If the medical term for the person's illness is not known, please state "serious mental illness" or "less serious mental illness", as the case may be.
Question post text
See instruction 2f
Description
Definition
This variable records the nature of the disability of the individual household member.
Universe
Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)
Source of information
Household member