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1 online resource (xxx, 335 pages, 21 illustrations, 18 illustrations in color) |
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Social Indicators Research Series ; v. 61 |
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Social indicators research series.
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Biography; Introduction; Highlights of the Parts; Part I: Origin of the Washington Group and Issues in Disability Data Collection; Part II: Census/Survey Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing; Part III: Moving Forward: Extended Question Sets and Methodological Advances; Part IV: Conclusions: Outcomes and Place of the Washington Group Measures in International Data; References; Part I: Origin of the Washington Group and Issues in Disability Data Collection; Chapter 1: Background and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving the State of Disability Data; Introduction |
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The State of Disability Statistics United Nations International Seminar on Measurement of Disability; City Groups; The Washington Group on Disability Statistics; Purpose of the WG; WG Guiding Principles and Objectives; Disability Measurement Considerations; Determining the Framework; Purpose of Disability Measure; Coordination, Support and Promotion: The Ongoing Mission; References; Chapter 2: Cross-National Issues in Disability Data Collection; Introduction; Observation Errors in Measures of Disability; Interviewer Errors; Respondent Error Due to Cultural Factors |
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Respondent Error Due to Non-cultural Factors Geographical Differences; Translation of Questions; Context of Poverty and Adversity; Access to Health Care Service; Survey Design in Cross Country Comparability; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Chapter 3: Washington Group Meetings, Processes and Milestones; Establishing Objectives and Organizing Washington Group Work; Washington Group Governance; The Short Set of Census Questions; Development of Questions; World Bank Development Grant; Adoption of Short Set; Monitoring the Use of the WG Short Set |
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The WG Extended Sets of Measures on Disability Partnership with the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; Workplan for the Development of Extended Measures; Further Examination of the WG Extended Set on Functioning (ES-F); Other Extended Sets; UNICEF/WG Module on Child Functioning and Disability; Regional Workshops and Technical Assistance; New Initiatives; Appendices; Appendix I -- The Washington Group Short Set of Questions on Disability; Introductory Phrase |
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Appendix II -- List of Articles and Books Based on WG Activities or Utilizing the WG Short Set QuestionsReference; Part II: Census/Survey Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing; Chapter 4: Purpose of an International Comparable Census Disability Measure; Introduction; Developing a Process to Establish the Purpose of a Census Measure; Disability Measurement Matrix; Decision Process for Identifying the Purpose of the WG Measures; Evaluation of Purposes: Relevance and Feasibility; Provision of Services; Monitoring the Prevalence of Disability in the Population |
| Summary |
This volume provides an informed review of the accomplishments of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) in the provision of international data and statistics on disability. It does so within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used in approximately 29 countries and recommended in the U.N.'s Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses: The 2020 Round, which includes disability as a core topic to be collected in censuses. It discusses the experiences of several countries on the use of the WG questions and how this has impacted on national agendas in the area of disability. It follows the development and testing of an extended set of questions for use in national surveys other than censuses and examines the challenges of translation and the importance of generating comparable question sets in different languages and within different cultures. It studies the examination of cognitive testing techniques in a variety of countries, and presents the results of the first round of censuses in 2010 in countries using the six question set. The volume includes discussions of the new development of question modules on a broad range of child disability and functioning, and the environmental contexts of participation that are part of the current work of the WG. In addition, it contains a reflection on the use of the WG's functionality approach to identifying disabilities by humanitarian agencies to identify disabilities in populations of displaced persons. A thoughtful conclusion addresses what the development of cross-nationally comparable data can mean for the improvement of circumstances for all persons with disabilities |
| Notes |
Assessing Equalization of Opportunity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters |
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Print version record |
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Disabilities -- Statistical methods
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People with disabilities -- Statistics
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People with disabilities -- Research -- Methodology
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Social sciences.
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Medicine -- Research.
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Tax assessment.
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Statistics.
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Quality of life.
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Social Sciences
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Quality of Life
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social sciences.
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quality of life.
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statistics.
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Personal & public health.
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Examinations & assessment.
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Social research & statistics.
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Social issues & processes.
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Medical -- Public Health.
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Education -- Evaluation.
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Social Science -- Statistics.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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People with disabilities
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Tax assessment
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Medicine -- Research
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Quality of life
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Social sciences
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Statistics
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Electronic books
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Statistics
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Altman, Barbara M
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| ISBN |
9783319284989 |
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3319284983 |
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9783319284965 |
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3319284967 |
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