For all members of the household (1 through 18)
[Question 1 through 18 were asked of all persons living in the household.]
9. Disability: does [the respondent] have any difficulty...?
i. Seeing, even if wearing glasses
[] 1. No - no difficulty
[] 2. Yes - some difficulty
[] 3. Yes a lot of difficulty
[] 4. Cannot do at all
_ ii. Hearing, even if using hearing aid
[] 1. No - no difficulty
[] 2. Yes - some difficulty
[] 3. Yes a lot of difficulty
[] 4. Cannot do at all
_ iii. Walking, climbing steps, carrying items
[] 1. No - no difficulty
[] 2. Yes - some difficulty
[] 3. Yes a lot of difficulty
[] 4. Cannot do at all
_ iv. Remembering or concentrating
[] 1. No - no difficulty
[] 2. Yes - some difficulty
[] 3. Yes a lot of difficulty
[] 4. Cannot do at all
Disability section
137. Disability serves as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations or participation restrictions (ICF, 2005). While it is desirable to collect information on all aspects of disability, this aim cannot be achieved in censuses or even in surveys not dedicated to disability. However, tge census can be used to obtain data on selected aspects of disability.
138. Disability can be measured for a variety of purposes. Each purpose can be related to different dimensions of disability or different conceptual components of disability. Hence, there is a need for a clear link between the purpose of measurement and the operationalization of the indicators of disability.
139. In order to collect disability information, the questions to identify persons who are at greater risk than the general population of experiencing restrictions in performing complex activities (such as activities of daily living) or participating in roles (such as working) if no support were accorded to them. Measurements intended to identify this 'at risk' population represent the most basic end of the spectrum of activities (i.e. activities such as walking, remembering, seeing, hearing). This 'at risk' group would include persons with limitations in basic activities who may or may not also experience limitations in more complex activities and/or restrictions in participation. This in turn may depend on whether or not they use assistive devices or have a supportive environment.
140. The questions on disability ask about difficulties the person may have when doing certain activities, because of a health or other problem.
Objective: The purpose of the introduction is to get the respondent to focus on difficulties they may have that are the result of some physical or mental health problem. Since persons living in developing countries may not have access to modern medicine, which would provide a diagnosed 'condition', the term problem was substituted. However, the term "condition" can be interchangeably used with the term "problem" if that facilitates the respondent understanding the context. We are interested in establishing difficulties that occur within a health or social life context rather than those caused by a lack of resources.
Definitions: Health refers to the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness, vitality, and freedom from disease. Problem refers to the respondent's perception of a departure from physical, mental or emotional well-being. This includes specific health problems such as a disease or chronic condition, a missing limb, organ, or any type of impairment. It also includes more vague disorders not always thought of as health-related such as senility, depression, retardation, drug dependency, accidental injuries, etc.
141. Ask "does [the respondent] have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?"
1. No - no difficulty
2. Yes - some difficulty
3. Yes - a lot of difficulty
4. Cannot do at
all
Objective: The purpose of this question is to identify persons who have vision difficulties or problems of any kind even when wearing glasses (if they wear glasses). They can have a problem seeing things close up or far away. They may not be able to see out of one eye or they may be only able to see directly in front of them, but not to the sides. Any difficulty with vision that they consider a problem should be captured.
Definition/s: Seeing refers to an individual using his/her eyes and visual capacity in order to perceive or observe what is happening around them.
Instructions: Note if the person is wearing glasses and make sure that they understand that the question refers to difficulties they may have while they are wearing their glasses.
The answer categories are set up so that the respondent can indicate 'yes', 'no' or that they cannot do it easily. However people aren't always sure how much difficulty is considered to be enough for a 'yes' answer. So they usually qualify their 'yes' with comments about their experience such as 'yes', I have a little problem or 'yes sometimes', or, when the problem is very serious, they indicate 'Oh, yes, a lot' answer categories try to capture that process. They may have to be repeated for the first one or two questions in order for the respondent to get familiar with the choices. The choices are same for the four questions on disability.