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Population Census Questions

For all 5 years old and over.
[Questions P13 to P16 were asked of persons 5 years or over.]

P13. Functional difficulty
Does [the respondent] have any difficulty/problem in ...?

Write X in the box corresponding to the answer for each difficulty/problem.

a. Seeing, even when wearing eyeglasses

[] Yes
[] No

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Columns P13, P14 and P16 for All 5 Years Old and Over
Columns P13, P14 and P16 are to be accomplished only for household members five years old and over. Thus, if a household member is less than five years old leave columns P13, P14 and P16 blank.

P13-Functional Difficulty
As defined by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organization, functioning is an umbrella term for body functions, body structures, activities, and participation. It denotes the positive aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health condition) and that individual's contextual factors (environmental and personal factors). Environmental factors include the physical world and its features, the human-made physical world, other people in different relationships and roles, attitudes and values, social systems and services, and policies, rules and laws. Personal factors are factors that relate to individual such as age, gender, social status, life experiences, and so on.
A person with difficulty in functioning may have activity limitations, which means difficulties an individual may have in executing activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight to a severe deviation in terms of quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the extent that is expected of people without the health condition. In general, functional difficulties experienced by people may have been due to their health conditions. Health conditions refer to diseases or illnesses, other health problems that may be short
or long lasting injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs. A health condition may also include other circumstances such as pregnancy, ageing, stress, congenital anomaly, or genetic predisposition. Difficulty is usually manifested when a person is doing an activity with increased effort, discomfort or pain, slowness, or changes in the way he/she does the activity.
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For the purpose of this census, functional difficulty is classified into six core categories. The concepts and definitions are based on ICF. These difficulties are the following:

Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses

Seeing refers to an individual using his/her eyes and vision capacity in order to perceive or observe what is happening around him/her.
The purpose of this question is to identify persons who have some serious vision limitation or problems of any kind with their seeing that contribute to difficulty in doing their daily activities. They can have problem in doing close handwork or reading, or the problem can be that they cannot read road signs when driving. They may not be able to see out of one eye or may be only able to see directly in front of them but not to the sides. Any difficulty with vision, with or without eyeglasses, that they consider a problem should be reported.
Note that if the person is wearing eyeglasses, make sure he/she understands that the question refers to difficulties he/she may have while wearing his/her eyeglasses.