The seventh meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was held September 19-21 in Dublin, Ireland hosted by the Irish Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) with assistance from the National Disability Authority (NDA). The workgroup on the short set addressed the use of the short set as a screener and presented an alternative (optional) question on upper body function. The combined workgroup on data analysis and methodological issues provided further analyses of the pre-test data presented at the 6th meeting. A large part of the seventh meeting was dedicated to a discussion of work being done on the extended set of disability questions for surveys and survey modules. A proposal to develop an extended question set for the purpose of assessing equalization of opportunities was presented by the extended sets workgroup. In addition to the workgroup sessions, country reports were presented and updates were provided by the United Nations Statistical Division, UNESCAP and the World Bank regarding their activities related to disability statistics.
Objectives for the 7th Meeting:
Present additional work on short set:
The Extended Set Workgroup will address the next major step of the WG. The chair serves as the main contact Information regarding the workgroup topic and chair is provided below. WG members who wish to volunteer to participate in this group should contact the workgroup chair.
Chair: Margie Schneider, South Africa;
MSchneider@hsrc.ac.za
The workgroup was charged with developing an extended question set (or
sets) for use in surveys and survey modules with the intended purpose of
assessing equalization of opportunities. It was agreed that as a first
step this workgroup would address expanding upon the set of domains
already covered in the short set, adding supplementary questions within
domains (cause, age at onset, duration), begin a discussion on how best
to capture environmental factors and explore different ways to measure
participation. The WG will collaborate with the Budapest Initiative,
Eurostat and UNESCAP on development of the extended set/s.
Mr. Cordell Golden
Statistician
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6428
Hyattsville, MD 20782 (USA)
(Phone) 301-458-4237
(Fax) 301-458-4038
(Email) CGolden@cdc.gov
Mr. Mitch Loeb
Associate Service Fellow
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6435
Hyattsville, MD 20782 (USA)
(Phone) 301-458-4248
(Fax) 301-458-4037
(Email) MLoeb@cdc.gov
Mrs. 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
National Center for Health
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Phone:
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