For all persons
[Questions 10 to 25 were asked of all persons]
18. Physical/mental disability, if any:
If the person is physically/mentally disabled, give the appropriate code number from the list below. Otherwise enter 0.
Type of disability
[] 1 In seeing
[] 2 In speech
[] 3 In hearing
[] 4 In movement
[] 5 Mental retardation
[] 6 Mental illness
[] 7 Any other (specify) ____
[] 8 Multiple disability (specify by code) ____
52. Instructions for filling-in column 1 to 25 of Form B: part 2
You have to collect information in part 2 for all persons mentioned in statement 1.1 and statement 1.2 of part 1. Some of the following questions have been answered in part 1. Therefore there will be no need to ask these questions again. In such cases all you have to do is to copy the information in the appropriate column.
71. Column 18: physical/mental disability, if any
This question is a sensitive one and should be canvassed without offending the feelings of the respondent or other members of the household. The purpose of this question is to elicit the information whether the respondent has any physical/mental disability. If he/she has no such disability put (0) in column 18. The types of disabilities identified for survey purpose are given below:
71.1 In seeing:
(i). A person who cannot see at all (has no perception of light) or has blurred vision even with the help of glasses or contact lens will be considered as having disability in "Seeing" or visually disabled.
(ii) A person with proper vision only in one eye will also be treated as visually disabled
(iii)A person may have blurred vision and difficulty in seeing, but would not have tested whether her / his eye-sight would improve by using spectacles. Such persons also would be treated as visually disabled.
71.2 In speech:
(i). A person would be recorded as having speech disability, if she/he is dumb or he cannot speak at all.
(ii)A person whose speech is not understood by a listener of normal comprehension and hearing would be treated as having speech disability.
[p. 29](iii) A person who speaks single words only and is not able to speak in sentences has speech disability
(iv) A person who stammers to that extent that the speech cannot be understood is having speech disability.
71.3 In Hearing:
(i). A person who cannot hear at all (deaf) or can hear only loud sounds will be
considered as having hearing disability
(ii) A person who is able to hear, only by using hearing - aid will be treated as disabled
under this category.
(iii) If a person cannot hear through one ear though her/ his other ear is
functioning normally, should also be considered as having hearing disability.
71.4 In movement:
(i). If a person does not have leg/s or arm/s or hand/s or there is absence of all the fingers or toes or a thumb she/he is disabled in movement
(ii) If any part of the body is deformed (Example: hunch back), the person will be treated as disabled under this category
(iii) A person who cannot move herself/himself or without the aid of another person or without the aid of stick, wheel chair etc., will be treated as disabled under this category.
(iv)A person will be treated as disabled in movement if she /he is unable to move or lift or pick up any small article placed near her/ him.
(v) A person who may not be able to move normally because of problems of joints like arthritis and has to invariably limp while moving, will also be considered to have movement disability.
(vi)Very short statured persons (dwarfs) are considered as having movement difficulty.
71.5 Mental Retardation: This refers to
(i). A person with lower intelligence or has delayed development (walking, talking, learning etc).
(ii) One who lacks comprehension appropriate to her/ his age.
(iii)A person who has difficulty in communicating her/his needs and generally depends on her/his family members for performing daily routine.
Note: mental Retardation is generally from birth. If the person has got mental impairment at a later age, it may be mental illness
71.6 Mental Illness. This refers to:
(i). A person who exhibits unusual behavior like talking/laughing to self, staring in space, excessive fear and suspicion without reason.
(ii) A person who has problems like loss of memory, depression etc which are usually related to old age
(iii) Exhibits other symptoms indicative of mental disturbance
Note: a mentally ill person may or may not take medicines for her/his illness. It should be left to the respondent to report whether a member of the household is mentally disabled and no argument may be made on this issue.
71.7 Any other (specify)
Examples are: specific learning difficulties, Epilepsy which is not controlled and which limits daily function etc. Even if you find it difficult to categorize based on the explanation given by the person, then also write code 7.
Multiple Disabilities: this refers to a person having more than one disability described above
71.8 If a person is disabled as mentioned above enter code according to the following list:
[p. 30]Disability code
[] 1 In seeing
[] 2 In speech
[] 3 In Hearing
[] 4 In movement
[] 5 Mental retardation
[] 6 Mental illness
[] 7 Any other (specify)
[] 8 Multiple disabilities (In this case write 8 and specify the disabilities within brackets. Example: 8(1,4) or 8 (,2,3,4), 8 (2,7-Epileptic fit), 8(4,5).
71.9. The disability of a person will be decided with reference to the date of enumeration. Persons with temporary disability on the date of enumeration will not be considered as disabled. For example, a person's movement may have been restricted because of some temporary injury and she/he is likely to return to his normal state after sometime, such a person will NOT be treated as disabled.