6th WG Meeting: Next steps

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6th WG Meeting Next steps

• Jennifer Madans
• U.S.A.

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Workgroup on short set

• Consider additional revisions to short set
• Address clause for vision and hearing questions
• Revise communication question
• Revise introduction to question set which will be
  influenced by changes to communication question
• Develop alternative (optional) question on upper
  body function
• Address issue of using short set as a screener
  (subgroup work)

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Workgroup on data analysis

• Continue analysis of pre-test data
• Additional analysis with WHO/ESCAP to identify
  discrepancies and commonalities
• Evaluate issues with data from Viet Nam
  (disparities between responses to questions on
  vision, hearing, and self-care for respondents
  reporting unable)
• Evaluate proxy data
• Evaluate responses for children
• Additional analyses with field test data

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Workgroup on data analysis

• Evaluate how questions work relative to
  socio-economic and demographic factors
• Decide on cut-off age for administering questions
  (at what age do questions apply)
• Look across domains in which respondents
  reporting difficulties in order to get a better
  understanding of problematic response patterns
  (especially for self care)
• Investigate profiles of subgroups defined by
  functioning status
• Evaluate subpopulations we might be missing using
  data from Zambia

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Joint work workgroups on short set and analysis

• Publication of test results
• Description of process
• Results of testing
• Strengths and limitations of data set
• Comparisons to other work
• Examples of country experiences
• Identify issues for further research

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Workgroup on extended set/s

• Self-organize group
• Canada and Bermuda volunteered to be on workgroup
• Determine if subgroups need to be formed
• Write position paper specific to developing
  extended set
• Purpose equalization of opportunities
• Plan and approach
• Add to and extend questions on existing domains
• Review and select existing questions
• Test question set if time allows

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Workgroup on methodological issues

• Continue work on methodological issues?

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Plan for UN Commission Report

• Brief history of WG
• Activities during last year
• WG endorses short set although there may be
  modifications
• Describe collaborations with DPOs and
  international organizations
• Refer to UN Convention and Principles of Official
  Statistics documents
• Seek approval of WG work plan
• Provide technical assistance to countries if
  funding available
• Continue analysis of data
• Development of extended sets

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Additional recommendations

• Prepare usual executive summary of this meeting
• Develop 4-page summary of pre-test results to
  inform governmental agencies
• Develop more general document describing how to
  use and interpret the data
• Address issue of special populations (children,
  etc.)

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Objectives for 7th meeting

• Present additional work on short set
• Present results of additional pre-testing (if
  any)
• Present results of additional analyses of
  pre-test data
• Present any revisions to original six questions
• Present work on use of short set as a screener
• Present option for measuring upper body function
• Present proposal for extended set and test
  results if available
• Discuss strategic issues

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Upcoming WG meetings

• 7th meeting
• Dublin, Ireland
• September 19-21, 2007
• 8th meeting
• Philippines