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Person: Disability Indicator, Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2)

Definition

An indicator of whether a person has a disability. A person has a disability if they have an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory physical or like impairment or a combination of such impairments, that is permanent or is likely to be permanent, and results in a significantly reduced capacity in one or more major life activities such as communication, learning mobility, decision-making or self-care and the need for support.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person: Disability Indicator, Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2) ".
Data Type CODE
Format N
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 0 No
1 Yes
Supplementary Values 99 Not Known

Comments

This a derived field for the Client/District YTD files using the value 'need help and supervision' in the varibles Disability_Communication, Disability_Mobility and Disability_SelfCare

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 3
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 5
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0