Summary of Annual Reports on National Activities Related to Disability Statistics

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Fifth Meeting of the Washington Group on
Disability Statistics, Rio de Janeiro, 21-23
September 2005

• Summary of Annual Reports on National
  Activities Related to Disability Statistics
• Sept 2005

Maria Martinho and Jeremiah Banda United Nations
Statistics Division http//unstats.un.org/unsd/dem
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Washington Group Questionnaire on National
Activities Related to Disability Statistics

• Responding Countries/Areas 25
• Africa (5) Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, South
  Africa, Uganda
• Asia (4) Hong Kong, Macao, Palestine,
  Philippines
• South America (2) Brazil, Peru,
• North America (1) United States
• Oceania (2) Australia, New Zealand
• Europe (11) Austria, Czech Republic, Finland,
  France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania,
  Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

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Washington Group Questionnaire on National
Activities Related to Disability Statistics

• SUMMARY TABLES
• Data collection efforts
• Censuses
• Surveys
• Other activities related to disability statistics

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Summary Table on National Data Collection
Activities Related to Disability Statistics
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Summary Table on National Data Collection
Activities Related to Disability Statistics

• 25 countries/areas with regular, past, ongoing or
  planned censuses, surveys or administrative
  records on disability.
• 4 conducted censuses with disability questions in
  the last five years (2000-2004) and 6 are
  planning to in the next three years.
• 4 conducted surveys with disability questions in
  the last year (2004) and 12 are planning to in
  the next three years.
• 7 with ongoing surveys with disability questions.
• 6 conduct regularly surveys with disability
  questions.
• 10 with ongoing/regular data collection on
  disability through administrative records.

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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Censuses
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Censuses
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Censuses
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Censuses

• Coverage
• All complete count except Brazil (10-20)

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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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National Data Collection Efforts on Disabilities
Conducted Through Surveys
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Other National Activities Related to Disability
Statistics
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Some results PREVALENCE RATES
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Groups Omitted from National Surveys

• Estimates of the size of these groups are seldom
  available
• Some figures
• 2-10 disabled in institutions
• lt1 institutional population

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VOLUNTEERS

• Willing to serve on the WG Steering Committee?
• YES 5
• (extra 2 undecided)
• Currently serving 2
• NO 6
• NR 10