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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.

Disability data are unavailable for Oklahoma and most of West Virginia and Kentucky. Cases in areas where disability variables were not processed are coded to missing.

Availability


1860

Codes

CodeLabel
1
No (blank)
2
Yes
3
Dumb (mute) only
4
Deaf only
9
Missing (data not entered for state or county)