Type of impairment or disability: Difficulties with own personal care
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "Data quality of disability measures" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
disability_ip17.disdif
Question label:
Type of impairment or disability
Question text:
'Even though you don't have any long-standing health problems, do {if HEALTH = 2}' 'Do {if HEALTH 2}' you have any health problems or disabilities that mean you have substantial difficulties with any of the following areas of your life?
Question universe:
Ask all
Question interviewer instructions:
PROBE FOR ANY OTHERS
CODE ALL THAT APPLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.08% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 2 | 0.08% |
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.28% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2352 | 94.31% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 131 | 5.25% |
| Total | 2494 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 14 | 0.49% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.14% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2706 | 95.05% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 123 | 4.32% |
| Total | 2847 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 10 | 0.37% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.22% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2598 | 95.51% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 106 | 3.9% |
| Total | 2720 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 16 | 0.52% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2910 | 95.07% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 129 | 4.21% |
| Total | 3061 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.26% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.04% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2165 | 95.5% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 95 | 4.19% |
| Total | 2267 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 12 | 0.54% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.09% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2084 | 94.17% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 115 | 5.2% |
| Total | 2213 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.23% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2837 | 94.88% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 140 | 4.68% |
| Total | 2990 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 58 | 2.26% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.08% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.08% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 2420 | 94.16% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 88 | 3.42% |
| Total | 2570 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 45 | 1.99% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.22% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.09% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 2095 | 92.58% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 90 | 3.98% |
| Total | 2263 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1492 | 62.74% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 801 | 33.68% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 84 | 3.53% |
| Total | 2378 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1984 | 82.22% |
| proxy | -7 | 76 | 3.15% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 318 | 13.18% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 34 | 1.41% |
| Total | 2413 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1766 | 82.18% |
| proxy | -7 | 125 | 5.82% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.05% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 234 | 10.89% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 23 | 1.07% |
| Total | 2149 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1336 | 62.37% |
| proxy | -7 | 147 | 6.86% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 585 | 27.31% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 73 | 3.41% |
| Total | 2142 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1511 | 63.35% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 599 | 25.12% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 69 | 2.89% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |



