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DEAF

Deaf and dumb

Description
DEAF indicates if the person was deaf and/or dumb (mute). The degree of impairment was not defined in the instructions.

The question was only asked in 1860.

Only cases in the MENARD sample are in the universe for this variable.

Availability
1860
CodeLabel
1
No (blank)
2
Yes
3
Dumb (mute) only
4
Deaf only