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Fifth
Meeting
Washington Group (WG) on Disability Statistics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: September 21-23, 2005

 Agenda | Program | Objectives
Papers and Presentations
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Workgroup Contacts | Meeting Contacts

The fifth meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) was held September 21-23, 2005, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted by Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE), in collaboration with CORDE.

Bullet graphicAgenda for the Fifth Meeting

Bullet graphicDetailed Meeting Program
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Objectives for the 5th meeting:

The meeting was organized into 10 sessions. Objectives for the 5th meeting were to:

 Present work on continued development of the general disability measure.

 Present work on the written protocols and plans for implementing the general disability measure, including lessons learned from regional workshops.

 Present work on the development of extended measurement sets and the associated papers.

 Discuss methodological issues related to proxy and nonresponse and to continue discussion of full population coverage.

 Discuss strategic issues.

Bullet graphicPapers and Presentations for the Fifth Meeting

 Session 1: Opening Session
Opening Session
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 Session 2: General Measure of Disability: Proposed Revisions and Recommendations
PROPOSED Washington Group General Measure on Disability
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Statement of Rationale for the Washington Group General Measure on Disability
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Internationally Comparable General Disability Measures
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 Session 3: Implementing the Pre-test of the General Disability Measure
Implementation Protocol for Testing the Washington Group (WG) General Measure on Disability
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Appendix 1: Question Batteries and Question by Question Specifications
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Appendix 2: Translation Protocol
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Appendix 4: Cognitive Testing Interview Guide
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Appendix 5: Field Test Approaches, Instruments, and Instructions
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Appendix 6: Interviewer Instructions
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Appendix 7:Analysis Plan for Pilot Testing Census Questions
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Question Specifications for the Cognitive Test Protocol
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Purpose of Testing Census Questions on Disability
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Cognitive Testing: Washington Group Questions
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Cognitive Interview Obstacles
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Field Test Options
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Translation Protocol
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Protocol for Interviewers
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Analysis Plan
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pre-test Implementation Documents
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 Session 4: Report on Regional Workshops
Proceedings and Outcomes of Washington Group Workshops
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Mauritian Experience in Participating in the Washington Group Workshop
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Kenyan Perspective to Participating on Washington Group Workshop: Field and Cognitive Testing Plans
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WHO/UNESCAP Disability Question Set Field Testing: Overview and Preliminary Results
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Report of Participating Countries on UNESCAP/WHO Field Test
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Disability Statistics: India
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Plan for Future Washington Group Workshops and pre-tests
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 Session 5: Conceptual Issues Related to Disability Measurement
Using the ICF as a Framework for Washington Group Measures
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 Session 6: Proposed Approach for Development of Extended Measurement Set/s
Extended Questions Sets: Purpose, Characteristics and Topic Areas
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Washington Group on Disability Statistics: Extended Sets
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Extended Questions Sets: Purpose, Characteristics and Topic Areas
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Extended Questions Sets: Participation and Enviromental Factors
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 Session 7: Discussion of Methodological Issues Related to Full Population Coverage
Methodological Preparations for an Irish Post Census
National Disability Survey in 2006

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Disability Questions in Censuses and Surveys: A Literature Review of Methodological Issues -  Proxy Response, Nonresponse and Mode of Administration
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Challenges in Collecting Disability Statistics in a Large Scale Exercise
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Methodological Preparations for an Irish Post Censal National Disability Survey
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Methods to Detect and Control Bias in Comparative Analyses of Disability Statistics
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 Session 8: UNSD Report
United Nations Collection of National Disability Statistics from Population and Housing Censuses and Related National Surveys and Administrative Registers
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Session 9: Strategic Issues
Summary of Country Reports and Discussion
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Report on the Joint UNECE/WHO/Eurostat Meeting on the Measurement of Health Status, Geneva, May 24-26, 2004
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Update on Revisions to the UN and UNECE Documents, “Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses”
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Update on World Bank Activities Related to Disability Statistics
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Washington Group Governance Issues
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 Session 10: Next Steps and Objectives for the 6th Meeting in Africa
Next Steps and Objectives for the 6th Meeting in Africa
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Workgroup Contacts
Five workgroups will address major next steps of the WG. Chairs have been identified for each workgroup. The chairs serve as the contact for each group. Information on the workgroup topics and chairs is provided below. WG members who wish to volunteer to participate in one of these groups, please contact the workgroup chairs.

 Workgroup on General Measure/s
Chair: Barbara Altman, USA
Next steps for this group include addressing recommendations for revisions to the general measure as well as the rationale, including clarifying the issue of seriousness/severity of disability. This workgroup will evaluate the effect of question order on prevalence when the short set is placed on a larger survey. As part of future work, this workgroup will consider developing the general measure as a screener.

 Workgroup on Implementation
Chair: Joseph Muli-Kalavi, Kenya, International Development Project
Alternate: Hasheem Mannan, USA
This workgroup will serve as a resource for countries conducting the WG pre-test including any revisions needed to the implementation protocol.

 Workgroup on Extended Measure/s
Chair: Marijke de Kleijn, The Netherlands
Next steps for this workgroup is the development of a plan (blueprint) for extended sets, addressing the purpose, rationale, justification for the set and addressing international comparability. The workgroup will also formulate possible options for additional domains to be measured to address the purpose of equalization of opportunities and recommend additional domains for inclusion on one extended measurement set. Furthermore, this workgroup will also begin development of an extended set on environmental questions.

 Workgroup on Methodological Issues
Chair: Howard Meltzer, United Kingdom
This workgroup will address methodological issues of importance to the Washington Group.

 Workgroup on Analysis
Chair: Dan Mont, World Bank
During the annual meeting in Rio, this new workgroup was formed in order to plan and conduct analyses that will inform the WG work on the general measure.

Contacts
Beth Rasch
Associate Service Fellow
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6110
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Telephone: 301-458-4248
Fax: 301-458-4037
Email: Erasch@cdc.gov

Barbara Altman
Special Assistant for Disability Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6111
Hyattsville, MD 20782 (USA)
(Phone) 301-458-4654
(Fax) 301-458-4038
(Email) BAltman@cdc.gov

Jennifer Madans
Associate Director for Science
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 7202
Hyattsville, MD 20782 (USA)
(Phone) 301-458-4500
(Fax) 301-458-4020
(Email) JMadans@cdc.gov

Hasheem Mannan
Associate Service Fellow
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6413
Hyattsville, MD 20782 (USA)
Telephone: 301-458-4664
Fax: 301-458-4038
Email:
HMannan@cdc.gov

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