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| American Community Survey | Current Population Survey | American Housing Survey | Survey on Income and Program Participation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory Difficulty | X | X | X1 | X |
| Cognitive Difficulty | X | X | X2 | X |
| Developmental Disability | X | |||
| Employment Disability | X3 | X | ||
| Difficulty Finding Employment Disability | X | |||
| Difficulty Grasping Things | X | |||
| Health Condition | X | |||
| Hearing Difficulty | X | X | X | X |
| Independent Living Difficulty | X | X | X4 | X |
| Learning Disability | X | |||
| Difficulty Lifting or Carrying Things More Than Ten Pounds | X | |||
| Mental Disability | X | |||
| Difficulty Playing | X | |||
| Difficulty Doing Schoolwork | X | |||
| Self-care Difficulty | X | X | X | X |
| Difficulty Sitting for One Hour | ||||
| Vision Difficulty | X | X | X | X |
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1 Called 'Physical Disability' in survey 2 Called 'Mental Disability' in survey 3 Available only in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement 4 Called 'Go-outside-home Disability' in survey |
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[In ACS, SIPP and CPS ASEC] - Having serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
[In ACS, SIPP and CPS ASEC] – Having serious difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions.
[In SIPP] - Have a developmental condition or delay that limits ordinary activities?
[In SIPP] - Having limitations in his/her ability to do regular school work?
[In SIPP] - Because of a physical, mental, or emotional problem, has difficulty finding a job or remaining employed?
[In SIPP] - Having any difficulty using his/her hands and fingers to do things such as picking up a glass or grasping a pencil?
[In SIPP] - Having any difficulty lifting or carrying something as heavy as 10 pounds (such as a bag of groceries)?
[In SIPP] - Having limited ability to play with other children of the same age?
[In SIPP] - Having any difficulty sitting for one hour?
[In SIPP, CPS ASEC] - Because of a physical, mental, or emotional problem, is prevented from working?
[In ACS only before 2008, AHS] – Having difficulty going outside the home alone to shop or visit a doctor's office.
[In SIPP] - Having any physical, mental, or emotional health conditions lasting 12 months or longer that limit his/her daily activities?
[In ACS, SIPP, AHS and CPS ASEC] – Deaf or having serious difficulty hearing?
[In ACS, SIPP, and CPS ASEC] – Having difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?
[In SIPP] - Having a learning or developmental disability? (Optional text: This could include conditions such as dyslexia, ADHD, autism, Down Syndrome, or some other learning or developmental disability.)
[In ACS only before 2008] – Having difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating.
[In SIPP] - Having a mental or emotional condition? (Optional text: This could include conditions such as depression, anxiety, or some other psychological condition.
[In AHS] - Having serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. This includes Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and serious learning disabilities.
[In ACS only before 2008] – Having a condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs reaching, lifting or carrying.
[In AHS] - Having serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs. This is defined as difficulty walking up to three city blocks or climbing one flight of stairs.
[In ACS, SIPP, AHS and CPS ASEC] - Having difficulty dressing or bathing?
[In ACS only before 2008] – Blindness/deafness, severe vision or hearing impairment.
[In ACS, SIPP, AHS and CPS ASEC] - Blind/having serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses.