Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Second Meeting
January 9-10, 2003: Ottawa, Canada
Introduction and Review of Objectives and Agenda
Gary Catlin (Statistics Canada) provided a welcome, a review of the objectives and agenda for the second meeting, and a review of the developments since the first meeting.
Disability Measurement Matrices: Relationships Between Purposes of Measurement and Characteristics of Measures of Disability
This session focused on describing disability measurement matrices, conceptual and empirical, and identifying gaps that exist in disability measurement relative to data needs identified by the Washington Group (WG). Description of experiences using general disability and health measures ended the session.
- The Disability Measurement Matrix [PPT – 134 KB], presented by Barbara Altman and Jennifer Madans (The matrix is available in draft form on request from Barbara Altman.)
- General Disability Measures in Developing Countries: Relationship Purpose of Measurement [PDF – 74 KB], presented by Margaret Mbogoni
- Questions from Non-EU Developed Countries, Question Typology, and Empirical Matrix: Non-EU Developed Countries [PPT – 106 KB], presented by Elizabeth Rasch
- General Measure on People With Disabilities in the European Statistical System (ESS) [PPT – 277 KB], presented by Elena de Palma
- Viewing Measures via the Matrix: Do We Have What We Need? [PPT – 71 KB], presented by Barbara Altman and Jennifer Madans for Angela Me
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General Measures of Health for Use in Health Interview Surveys and Censuses: The UK Experience [PPT – 151 KB], presented by Howard Meltzer
- Comparative Review and Assessment [PDF – 91 KB]
- Figure 1 [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 2 [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 3 [PDF – 14 KB]
- Figure 3a [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 3b [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 4a [PDF – 13 KB]
- Figure 4b [PDF – 13 KB]
- Figure 5a [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 5b [PDF – 13 KB]
- Figure 6a [PDF – 12 KB]
- Figure 6b [PDF – 12 KB]
- Implementation of MEHM-Items in HIS in Denmark (MEHM=Minimum European Health Module) [PPT – 60 KB], presented by Niels Rasmussen
Testing and Evaluation of General Disability Measures Currently in Use
This session included presentations of results, analyses, and recommendations from countries using general disability measures in recent censuses or sample-based surveys. Presentations were also made by countries with plans to test such measures. Comparability of measures and methodological issues were also discussed.
- Trends in the Prevalence of Disability and Chronic Conditions: Implications for Survey Design and Measurement of Disability [PDF – 103 KB], by Xingyan Wen [PPT – 182 KB]
- The OECD Experience in Using Survey-Based Disability Data: An Illustration of Current Possibilities and Limitations [PPT – 89 KB], presented by Gaétan Lafortune
- Questions on Disabilities Raised in the Last Census in St. Lucia [PPT – 238 KB], by Ethel Jn. Baptiste
- Measurement of Disability in Australia [PDF – 18 KB], by Elisabeth Davis
- Measurement of Disability in Egypt [PPT – 155 KB], presented by Bothaina Mahmoud El-Deeb
- Results From the Canadian 2001 Census and Post-Censal Disability Survey [PPT – 226 KB], presented by Renée Langlois and Éric Langlet
- Disability in Canadian Questionnaires [PPT – 141 KB], presented by Sally Kader
- Measurement in Existing Surveys/Participation and Environmental Factors [PPT – 334 KB], presented by Mirage de Klein de Vankrijke
- General Disability Measurement in Uganda-Focusing on Improvement in Methodology and Concepts Used [PPT – 571 KB], presented by Pamela Nabukhonzo
- A case study of a population and Housing Census and the Community Based Rehabilitation Programmed [PDF – 52 KB]
Executive Summary
- Summary Report to the UN Statistical Commission (34th Session, March 4-7, 2003) [PDF – 92 KB]