Washington Group on Disability Statistics

Seventh Meeting

September 19-21, 2007: Dublin, Ireland

 

Overview

 

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.

 

Agenda

 

• Detailed Meeting Program [PDF - 50 KB]

 

Objectives

 

 Present additional work on short set:

•  Present results of additional pre-testing (if any)
•  Present results of additional analyses of pre-test data
•  Present any revisions to original six questions
•  Present work on use of short set as a screener
•  Present option for measuring upper body function
•  Present proposal for extended set and test results if available.
•  Discuss strategic issues.

 

Papers and Presentations

 

Session 1: Opening Session

• Review of Developments since the 6th Meeting / Agenda for the 7th Meeting
• Statistical Commission Report/UN Convention

 

Session 2: Development of Extended Sets

• Eurostat Project
• Review of Budapest Initiative work
• UNESCAP Project
• Proposal for Extended Question Sets

 

Session 4: Further Analysis of Pre-test and Improvement of Short Set

• Description of Further Analysis Methods and Objectives / Description of Macro View / Examination of Response Error
• Examination of Issues Raised by Viet Nam at 6th Meeting

 

Session 5: Update on Short Set Activities

• Improvements and Additions to Short Set
• Potential of Short Set as a Screener

 

Session 6: Country Experiences

• Report on Irish Census
• Report on Three Country Pilot Study / Implementation Issues
• Report on Uganda Pilot Study
• Introduction to the Surveys and Researches on Disability in China
• Further Assess WG Questions and WHO Questions
• Functioning Disability in Europe - MHADIE Project Results
• UN Census Cycle Planning

 

Session 8: Country Reports and UN Survey

• Summary of Country Reports
• Report on UN Survey

 

To obtain copies of the presentations from the 7th meeting, please contact Cordell Golden at the address below.

 

Contacts

 

Workgroup Contacts

 

Workgroup on the Extended Set/s

The Extended Set Workgroup will address the next major step of the WG. The chair serves as the main contact regarding the workgroup topic. 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.

 

Meeting Contacts

 

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

 

Executive Summary

 

• Executive Summary of the Seventh Meeting [PDF - 75 KB]