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Census of Population and Housing - 1981 (Information on Disabled Persons)

Sri Lanka, 1981
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-DISAB-1981-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics, ,
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Disability in hands (DISABILITY_IN_HANDS)

Data file: inf81spss

Overview

Valid: 13564
Invalid: 49841
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 4
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 33
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Loss of one hand 1708
12.6%
2 Paralysis of one hand 7571
55.8%
3 Loss of both hands 204
1.5%
4 Paralysis of both hands 4081
30.1%
Sysmiss 49841
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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