NEEDEVICE3
Needs (doesn't have) special equipment: Type 3
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
90
|
|---|---|---|
| 00 | NIU | X |
| 01 | Leg brace | · |
| 02 | Foot brace | · |
| 03 | Arm brace | · |
| 04 | Hand brace | · |
| 05 | Neck brace | · |
| 06 | Back brace | · |
| 07 | Other brace | · |
| 08 | Crutches | · |
| 09 | Cane or walking stick | · |
| 10 | Walker | X |
| 11 | Manual wheelchair | · |
| 12 | Electric wheelchair | X |
| 13 | Scooter | X |
| 14 | Other mobility aid | X |
| 15 | Hearing aid | · |
| 16 | TDD or TTY | X |
| 17 | Special alarm | · |
| 18 | Other hearing equipment | · |
| 19 | White cane | · |
| 20 | Other vision equipment | X |
| 21 | Artificial leg or foot | · |
| 22 | Artificial arm or hand | X |
| 23 | Speech problem aid | · |
| 24 | Special typewriter/computer | · |
| Code | Label |
90
|
| 25 | Other special equipment for disability | X |
| 26 | Knee brace | · |
| 27 | Thumb brace | · |
| 28 | Ankle brace | · |
| 29 | Extra speaker on phone | · |
| 30 | Telephone amplifier | · |
| 31 | Speech amplifier | · |
| 32 | Telephone volume control | · |
| 33 | Special phone | · |
| 34 | Nebulizer | · |
| 35 | Hospital bed | · |
| 36 | Bedside commode | · |
| 37 | CC TV Magnifier | · |
| 38 | Shoe lifts | · |
| 39 | Trapeze | X |
| 40 | Special shoes | · |
| 41 | Electric pulse for pain | · |
| 42 | Ramp entry | X |
| 43 | Bathtub with seat | · |
| 44 | Handrail on tub | X |
| 45 | Breathing treatment equipment | · |
| 46 | Loud bell for telephone | · |
| 47 | Body brace | · |
| 48 | Inhaler | · |
| 49 | Oxygen machine | X |
| Code | Label |
90
|
| 50 | Elbow brace | · |
| 51 | Wrist brace | · |
| 52 | Hydraulic device for bathtub | · |
| 53 | Raised toilet seat | X |
| 54 | Electric riding cart | · |
| 55 | Reach out and grab thing | · |
| 56 | Lift chair/elevator | · |
| 57 | Body lift | X |
| 58 | Special doorbell | · |
| 59 | Tilt table | · |
| 60 | St. Jude heart valve | · |
| 61 | Mouth brace | · |
| 62 | Life Line | · |
| 63 | Magnifying glass | X |
| 64 | Elevator | · |
| 65 | Flashing light on phone for door | · |
| 66 | Prosthesis | · |
| 67 | Jerry chair | · |
| 68 | Steel bone corset | · |
| 69 | Talking book | · |
| 70 | Amplifier NOS | · |
| 71 | Sport splint | · |
| 72 | Glucometer | · |
| 73 | Vibrating food massager | · |
| 74 | Prism | · |
| Code | Label |
90
|
| 75 | Electric stair lift | · |
| 76 | SNOAR | · |
| 77 | Bathtub support | X |
| 78 | Toilet support | · |
| 79 | Special car | · |
| 80 | Telescopic aids | · |
| 81 | Shower hand rails | X |
| 82 | Shoulder brace | · |
| 83 | Smoke alarm for hearing impaired | · |
| 84 | Portable toilet | X |
| 85 | Accelerator on car | · |
| 86 | Computer and printer | · |
| 87 | Truss (abdominal brace) | · |
| 88 | Chair bed | · |
| 89 | Pulmo aid | · |
| 90 | Long sitter | · |
| 91 | Stabilizer for upper body | · |
| 92 | Suspended swing | · |
| 93 | Humidifier | · |
| 94 | Feeding machine | · |
| 99 | Equipment needed, unk kind | · |
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Description
For persons with a completed assistive devises questionnaire who needed, but did not have, at least three types of special equipment (NEEDEVICE), NEEDEVICE3 reports the third type of equipment the person reported needing, but not having. Persons were able to report up to four types of equipment that they needed, but did not have.
NEEDEVICE3 was first introduced in 1990 as part of a supplement on assistive devices. For related variables, please use the IPUMS NHIS search function or drop-down menus.
Universe
- 1990: Persons with a completed assistive devices questionnaire who needed at least 3 kinds of special equipment that they didn't have.
Availability
- 1990
Weights
- 1990 : SUPP2WT
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