Source Variables

Some unharmonized variables may not be available.

Variable
Variable Label
 Type Sample
BD2011A_DISAB Type of disability P Bangladesh 2011
BJ2002A_DEAF Deaf P Benin 2002
BJ2013A_HARDHEARING Disability, hard of hearing P Benin 2013
BJ2013A_DEAF Disability, deaf P Benin 2013
BW1991A_DISHEAR Disability hearing P Botswana 1991
BW2001A_DISHEAR1 Defect of hearing in 1 ear P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISHEAR2 Defect of hearing in 2 ears P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISDEAF1 Deafness in 1 ear P Botswana 2001
BW2001A_DISDEAF2 Deafness in 2 ears P Botswana 2001
BW2011A_DISEAR Ear disability P Botswana 2011
BR1991A_DISABLED Physical or mental handicap P Brazil 1991
BR2000A_DISDEAF Ability to hear P Brazil 2000
BR2010A_DISHEAR Permanent difficulty hearing 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_DISHEAR Disability, hearing P Cambodia 2013
KH2019A_DISHEAR Having difficulty by hearing even if using a hearing aid P Cambodia 2019
CM2005A_DISAB Disability P Cameroon 2005
CL1992A_DEAF Have total deafness P Chile 1992
CL2002A_DEAF Deafness P Chile 2002
CO1993A_DEAF Deaf P Colombia 1993
CO2005A_LIMHEA Permanent limitation for hearing P Colombia 2005
CR2000A_DISAB Disability P Costa Rica 2000
CR2011A_DISHEAR Disability, difficulty with hearing P Costa Rica 2011
CI1998A_DISDEAF Deaf P Côte d'Ivoire 1998
DO1981A_DEAF Deaf P Dominican Republic 1981
DO2002A_DEAF Deaf P Dominican Republic 2002
DO2010A_DEAF Permanent difficulty hearing P Dominican Republic 2010
EC2001A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Ecuador 2001
EC2010A_DISHEAR Hearing 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
SV1992A_DISAB2 Second disability P El Salvador 1992
SV2007A_DISHEAR Limited hearing (even when using hearing aids) 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_DISHEAR Hearing disability P Ghana 2010
GT1981A_DISDEAF Deaf-mute P Guatemala 1981
GT1994A_DISAB Disability P Guatemala 1994
GN1996A_DISAB Disability P Guinea 1996
GN2014A_DISAB Major disability P Guinea 2014
HT2003A_DEAF Disability, deafness P Haiti 2003
ID1980A_DISTYPE Type of handicap P Indonesia 1980
ID2010A_DISHEAR Hearing 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_DISHEAR Hearing disability P Ireland 2011
IL2008A_DISDEAF Difficulty hearing (even with hearing aid) 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
KE2009A_DISAB1 Disability 1 P Kenya 2009
KE2009A_DISAB2 Disability 2 P Kenya 2009
KE2009A_DISAB3 Disability 3 P Kenya 2009
LA2015A_DISDEAF Difficulty hearing P Laos 2015
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_DISDEAF Difficulty hearing P Mauritius 2011
MX2000A_DISHEAR Disability, deaf or uses a hearing aid P Mexico 2000
MX2010A_DISHEAR Disability hearing, even when using a hearing aid P Mexico 2010
MX2020A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing, even with a hearing aid P Mexico 2020
MA2004A_DISAB Type of handicap or disability P Morocco 2004
MA2014A_DISDEAF Difficulty hearing P Morocco 2014
MZ2007A_DEAF Deaf P Mozambique 2007
MM2014A_DISDEAF Disability hearing 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_DEAFM Deaf-mute 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_DEAF Deaf P Paraguay 1982
PY1992A_DEAF Deaf P Paraguay 1992
PY2002A_DISAB Disability P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_DISAB2 Second disability P Paraguay 2002
PY2002A_DISAB3 Third disability P Paraguay 2002
PE1993A_DEAF Total deafness P Peru 1993
PE2007A_MTONG First language learned P Peru 2007
PE2017A_DISHEAR Hearing disability, even with hearing aids P Peru 2017
PH1990A_DISAB Disability P Philippines 1990
PH1995A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Philippines 1995
PH2000A_DISABTYP Type of disability P Philippines 2000
PH2010A_DISHEAR Functional difficulty in hearing (even with hearing aid) P Philippines 2010
PT2001A_DISAB Disability P Portugal 2001
PR2010A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P Puerto Rico 2010
PR2015A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P Puerto Rico 2015
PR2020A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P Puerto Rico 2020
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_DIS2 Disability: hearing P Saint Lucia 1991
SN2002A_DISDEAF Deafness P Senegal 2002
SN2013A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing 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_HEARING Hearing disability P South Africa 1996
ZA2001A_DSHEAR Disability - hearing P South Africa 2001
ZA2007A_DISABH Disability: hearing P South Africa 2007
ZA2011A_DIFFHEAR Difficulty hearing P South Africa 2011
ZA2016A_DISHEAR Difficulty in hearing P South Africa 2016
SS2008A_DIFFHEAR Difficulty in hearing P South Sudan 2008
SS2008A_DEAF Deaf P South Sudan 2008
SD2008A_DIFFHEAR Difficulty in hearing P Sudan 2008
SD2008A_DEAF Deaf P Sudan 2008
SR2012A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing P Suriname 2012
TZ2002A_DISAB Disability P Tanzania 2002
TZ2012A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing P Tanzania 2012
TH1990A_DISABLE Disability P Thailand 1990
TG2010A_DISAB1 First handicap P Togo 2010
TG2010A_DISAB2 Second handicap P Togo 2010
TT2000A_DISDEAF Hearing impairment (even with hearing aid if used) P Trinidad and Tobago 2000
TT2011A_DISHEAR Disability in hearing (even if using hearing aid) 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_DISHEAR Disability hearing P Uganda 2014
US2010A_DIFFSENS Vision or hearing difficulty P United States 2010
US2010A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P United States 2010
US2015A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P United States 2015
US2020A_DIFFHEAR Hearing difficulty P United States 2020
UY2006A_DISHEAR Hearing disability P Uruguay 2006
UY2011A_DISHEAR Permanent difficulty hearing P Uruguay 2011
VE1990A_DEAF Deafness P Venezuela 1990
VE2001A_DISDEAF Hearing disability P Venezuela 2001
VN2009A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing P Vietnam 2009
VN2019A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing P Vietnam 2019
ZM1990A_DEAF Deaf and dumb P Zambia 1990
ZM2000A_DISDEAF Complete loss of sense of hearing P Zambia 2000
ZM2000A_DISHEAR Partial loss of sense of hearing P Zambia 2000
ZM2010A_DISTYPE Type of disability P Zambia 2010
ZW2012A_DISDEAF Deaf P Zimbabwe 2012
ZW2012A_DISHEAR Difficulty hearing P Zimbabwe 2012