Source Variables

Some unharmonized variables may not be available.

Variable
Variable Label
 Type Sample
BD2011A_DISAB Type of disability P Bangladesh 2011
BJ2002A_BLIND Blind P Benin 2002
BJ2002A_VISIMP Visually impaired P Benin 2002
BJ2013A_AMBLYOPIA Disability, amblyopic (visually imparied) P Benin 2013
BJ2013A_BLIND Disability, blind P Benin 2013
BW1991A_DISBLIND Disability seeing P Botswana 1991
BW2001A_DISEYE1 Defect of seeing in 1 eye P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISEYE2 Defect of seeing in 2 eyes P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISBLIND1 Blindness in 1 eye P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISBLIND2 Blindness in 2 eyes P Botswana 2001
BW2011A_DISEYE Eye disability P Botswana 2011
BR1991A_DISABLED Physical or mental handicap P Brazil 1991
BR2000A_DISBLIND Ability to see P Brazil 2000
BR2010A_DISSEE Permanent difficulty seeing P Brazil 2010
BF1985A_DISAB Handicap P Burkina Faso 1985
BF1996A_DISAB Handicap P Burkina Faso 1996
BF2006A_DISAB Handicap P Burkina Faso 2006
KH2008A_DISBRTH Disabled since birth P Cambodia 2008
KH2008A_DISAFTER Disabled after birth P Cambodia 2008
KH2013A_DISBLIND Disability, seeing P Cambodia 2013
CM2005A_DISAB Disability P Cameroon 2005
CL1992A_BLIND Have total blindness P Chile 1992
CL2002A_BLIND Blindness P Chile 2002
CO1993A_BLIND Blind P Colombia 1993
CO2005A_LIMVIS Permanent limitation for vision P Colombia 2005
CR2000A_DISAB Disability P Costa Rica 2000
CR2011A_DISBLIND Disability, difficulty with seeing P Costa Rica 2011
DO1981A_BLIND Blind P Dominican Republic 1981
DO2002A_BLIND1 Blind in one eye P Dominican Republic 2002
DO2002A_BLIND Blind in both eyes P Dominican Republic 2002
DO2010A_BLIND Permanent difficulty seeing P Dominican Republic 2010
EC2001A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Ecuador 2001
EC2010A_DISSIGHT Visual impairment P Ecuador 2010
EG1986A_DISAB Disability P Egypt 1986
EG1996A_HANDICAP Type of disability P Egypt 1996
SV1992A_DISAB1 First disability P El Salvador 1992
SV2007A_DISVIS Limited vision (even when using glasses) P El Salvador 2007
ET1984A_DISAB Disability status P Ethiopia 1984
ET1994A_DISAB Disability P Ethiopia 1994
ET2007A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Ethiopia 2007
FR1962A_DISAB Nature of disability P France 1962
GH2010A_DISSIGHT Sight disability P Ghana 2010
GT1981A_DISBLIND Blind P Guatemala 1981
GT1994A_DISAB Disability P Guatemala 1994
GN1996A_DISAB Disability P Guinea 1996
GN2014A_DISAB Major disability P Guinea 2014
HT2003A_BLIND Diability, blindness P Haiti 2003
ID1980A_DISTYPE Type of handicap P Indonesia 1980
ID2010A_DISBLND Seeing (even when wearing glasses) P Indonesia 2010
IR2006A_DISAB1 Disability status (first) P Iran 2006
IR2006A_DISAB2 Disability status (second) P Iran 2006
IR2006A_DISAB3 Disability status (third) P Iran 2006
IQ1997A_HANDICAP Kind of disability P Iraq 1997
IE2011A_DISSIGHT Visual disability P Ireland 2011
IL2008A_DISSIGHT Difficulty seeing P Israel 2008
JM1991A_CHRONIC Illness, disability, infirmity status P Jamaica 1991
JM1991A_DISTYP Type of disability P Jamaica 1991
JM2001A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Jamaica 2001
JO2004A_DISAB Kind of handicap P Jordan 2004
KE2009A_DISAB1 Disability 1 P Kenya 2009
KE2009A_DISAB2 Disability 2 P Kenya 2009
KE2009A_DISAB3 Disability 3 P Kenya 2009
LS2006A_DISAB Disability P Lesotho 2006
LR2008A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Liberia 2008
MW2008A_DISAB1 Type of disability, first P Malawi 2008
MW2008A_DISAB2 Type of disability, second P Malawi 2008
MW2008A_DISAB3 Type of disability, third P Malawi 2008
MY1980A_DISAB Physical handicap P Malaysia 1980
MY2000A_DISABLE1 Handicapped 1 P Malaysia 2000
MY2000A_DISABLE2 Handicapped 2 P Malaysia 2000
MY2000A_DISABLE3 Handicapped 3 P Malaysia 2000
ML1987A_DISAB Handicap P Mali 1987
ML1998A_DISAB Disability / handicap P Mali 1998
ML2009A_DISAB Disability P Mali 2009
MU1990A_DISAB1 First reported disability P Mauritius 1990
MU2000A_DISAB1 First reported disability P Mauritius 2000
MU2011A_DISSIGHT Difficulty seeing P Mauritius 2011
MX2000A_DISBLIN Disability, blind or sees only shadows P Mexico 2000
MX2010A_DISSEE Disability seeing, even when using glasses P Mexico 2010
MA2004A_DISAB Type of handicap or disability P Morocco 2004
MA2014A_DISBLIND Difficulty seeing P Morocco 2014
MZ2007A_BLIND Blind P Mozambique 2007
MM2014A_DISBLIND Disability seeing P Myanmar 2014
NP2001A_DISABLE Type of disability P Nepal 2001
NP2011A_DISAB Type of disability P Nepal 2011
PK1973A_DISABLE Disability P Pakistan 1973
PA1980A_BLIND Blind P Panama 1980
PA1990A_DISAB Disability P Panama 1990
PA2000A_DISAB Disability P Panama 2000
PA2010A_DISAB Disability P Panama 2010
PY1962A_DISABLE Physical disability P Paraguay 1962
PY1982A_BLIND Blind P Paraguay 1982
PY1992A_BLIND Blind P Paraguay 1992
PY2002A_DISAB Disability P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_DISAB2 Second disability P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_DISAB3 Third disability P Paraguay 2002
PE1993A_BLIND Blindness P Peru 1993
PH1990A_DISAB Disability P Philippines 1990
PH1995A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Philippines 1995
PH2000A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Philippines 2000
PH2010A_DISBLIND Functional difficulty in seeing (even with eyeglasses) P Philippines 2010
PT2001A_DISAB Disability P Portugal 2001
RW2002A_DISAB Major handicap / disability P Rwanda 2002
RW2012A_DISAB1 Type of first major disability P Rwanda 2012
RW2012A_DISAB2 Type of second major disability P Rwanda 2012
LC1991A_DIS1 Disability: sight P Saint Lucia 1991
SN1988A_DISAB Disability / handicap P Senegal 1988
SN2002A_DISBLI Blindness P Senegal 2002
SN2013A_DISSIGHT Difficulty seeing P Senegal 2013
SL2004A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Sierra Leone 2004
SL2015A_DISAB Disabled P Sierra Leone 2015
SL2015A_MNDISAB Main disability P Sierra Leone 2015
SL2015A_SCDISAB Second disability P Sierra Leone 2015
ZA1996A_SIGHT Sight disability P South Africa 1996
ZA2001A_DSSIGHT Disability - sight P South Africa 2001
ZA2007A_DISABS Disability: sight P South Africa 2007
ZA2011A_DIFFSEE Difficulty seeing P South Africa 2011
ZA2016A_DISSIGHT Difficulty in seeing P South Africa 2016
SS2008A_DIFFSEE Difficulty seeing P South Sudan 2008
SS2008A_BLIND Blind P South Sudan 2008
SD2008A_DIFFSEE Difficulty seeing P Sudan 2008
SD2008A_BLIND Blind P Sudan 2008
SR2012A_DISSIGHT Difficulty seeing P Suriname 2012
TZ2002A_DISAB Disability P Tanzania 2002
TZ2012A_DISSEE Difficulty seeing P Tanzania 2012
TH1990A_DISABLE Disability P Thailand 1990
TG2010A_DISAB1 First handicap P Togo 2010
TG2010A_DISAB2 Second handicap P Togo 2010
TT2000A_DISBLIND Visual impariment (even with glasses if worn) P Trinidad and Tobago 2000
TT2011A_DISSIGHT Disability in seeing (even if wearing glasses) P Trinidad and Tobago 2011
TR1985A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Turkey 1985
TR2000A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Turkey 2000
UG1991A_DISAB Nature of disability P Uganda 1991
UG2002A_DISAB1 First disability/major disability P Uganda 2002
UG2002A_DISAB2 Second disability P Uganda 2002
UG2014A_DISSIGHT Disability seeing P Uganda 2014
US2010A_DIFFSENS Vision or hearing difficulty P United States 2010
US2010A_DIFFEYE Vision difficulty P United States 2010
US2015A_DIFFEYE Vision difficulty P United States 2015
UY2006A_DISSEE Sight disability P Uruguay 2006
UY2011A_DISSEE Permanent difficulty seeing P Uruguay 2011
VE1990A_BLIND Blindness P Venezuela 1990
VE2001A_DISBLIND Blindness P Venezuela 2001
VN2009A_DISVIS Difficulty seeing P Vietnam 2009
ZM1990A_BLIND Blind P Zambia 1990
ZM2000A_DISBLIND Complete loss of sight P Zambia 2000
ZM2000A_DISVIS Partially sighted P Zambia 2000
ZM2010A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Zambia 2010
ZW2012A_DISBLIND Totally blind P Zimbabwe 2012
ZW2012A_DISSIGHT Difficulty seeing P Zimbabwe 2012