Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This paper examines to what extent household surveys and censuses in low- and middle-income countries include disability questions and the types of questions under use. A pool of 734 data sets and 1,297 data set-years from 133 low- and middle-incom...
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okr-10986-354482022-09-20T00:10:01Z Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Mitra, Sophie Chen, Wei Herve, Justine Pirozzi, Sophia Yap, Jaclyn DISABILITY FUNCTIONAL DIFFICULTY SURVEY METHODOLOGY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SDGs This paper examines to what extent household surveys and censuses in low- and middle-income countries include disability questions and the types of questions under use. A pool of 734 data sets and 1,297 data set-years from 133 low- and middle-income countries from 2009 to 2018 were screened for disability questions, which were classified by type of questions: Washington Group short set of questions, other functional difficulty questions, activities of daily living, broad activity limitation, general disability, and other disability questions. Only 31 percent of the data sets under review had at least one disability-related question and 15 percent of the datasets of low- and middle-income countries have functional difficulty questions that meet international standards, whether the Washington Group short set or other functional difficulty questions. The most commonly found disability question is the general question “Do you have a disability?” which does not produce meaningful and internationally comparable data. The adoption of functional difficulty questions such as the Washington Group short set in national censuses and surveys and in international surveys is needed to monitor the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2021-04-19T19:21:56Z 2021-04-19T19:21:56Z 2021-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/745481618324212396/Invisible-or-Mainstream-Disability-in-Surveys-and-Censuses-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35448 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9625 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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DISABILITY FUNCTIONAL DIFFICULTY SURVEY METHODOLOGY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SDGs Mitra, Sophie Chen, Wei Herve, Justine Pirozzi, Sophia Yap, Jaclyn Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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This paper examines to what extent
household surveys and censuses in low- and middle-income
countries include disability questions and the types of
questions under use. A pool of 734 data sets and 1,297 data
set-years from 133 low- and middle-income countries from
2009 to 2018 were screened for disability questions, which
were classified by type of questions: Washington Group short
set of questions, other functional difficulty questions,
activities of daily living, broad activity limitation,
general disability, and other disability questions. Only 31
percent of the data sets under review had at least one
disability-related question and 15 percent of the datasets
of low- and middle-income countries have functional
difficulty questions that meet international standards,
whether the Washington Group short set or other functional
difficulty questions. The most commonly found disability
question is the general question “Do you have a disability?”
which does not produce meaningful and internationally
comparable data. The adoption of functional difficulty
questions such as the Washington Group short set in national
censuses and surveys and in international surveys is needed
to monitor the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development as well as the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
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Working Paper |
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Mitra, Sophie Chen, Wei Herve, Justine Pirozzi, Sophia Yap, Jaclyn |
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Mitra, Sophie Chen, Wei Herve, Justine Pirozzi, Sophia Yap, Jaclyn |
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Mitra, Sophie |
| title |
Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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Invisible or Mainstream? Disability in Surveys and Censuses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
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invisible or mainstream? disability in surveys and censuses in low- and middle-income countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/745481618324212396/Invisible-or-Mainstream-Disability-in-Surveys-and-Censuses-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35448 |
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