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, presented by Barbara Altman and Jennifer Madans (The matrix is available in draft form on request from Barbara Altman.)
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General Disability Measures in Developing Countries: Relationship Purpose of Measurement, presented by Margaret Mbogoni

Questions from Non-EU Developed Countries, Question Typology, and Empirical Matrix: Non-EU Developed Countries, presented by Elizabeth Rasch
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ERK Questions
Question Typology
Description of General Questions on Disability Matrix

General Measure on People With Disabilities in the European Statistical System (ESS), presented by Elena de Palma
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Annex 1
Annex 2
Annex 3a
Annex 4
Annex 5a
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Annex 5b
Annex 7,8, and 9
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Viewing Measures via the Matrix: Do We Have What We Need?  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, presented by Howard Meltzer
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Comparative Review and Assessment
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Implementation of MEHM-Items in HIS in Denmark (MEHM=Minimum European Health Module), presented by Niels Rasmussen
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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, by Xingyan Wen
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The OECD Experience in Using Survey-Based Disability Data: An Illustration of Current Possibilities and Limitations, presented by Gaétan Lafortune
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Questions on Disabilities Raised in the Last Census in  St. Lucia, by Ethel Jn. Baptiste
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Measurement of Disability in Australia, by Elisabeth Davis

Measurement of Disability in Egypt, presented by Bothaina Mahmoud El-Deeb
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Results From the Canadian 2001 Census and Post-Censal Disability Survey, presented by Renée Langlois and Éric Langlet
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Disability in Canadian Questionnaires, presented by Sally Kader
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Measurement in Existing Surveys/Participation and Environmental Factors, presented by Mirage de Klein de Vankrijke
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General Disability Measurement in Uganda-Focusing on Improvement in Methodology and Concepts Used, presented by Pamela Nabukhonzo
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A case study of a population and Housing Census and the Community Based Rehabilitation Programmed

Summary Report to the UN Statistical Commission (34th Session, March 4-7, 2003)
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