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Disability census questions, the perspective of developing countries

MBOGONI, Margaret
2002

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This paper reviews questions used in developing countries to identify persons with disabilities on the one hand, and the estimates of disability prevalence obtained by the different types of questions on the other. The paper also reviews census questions on disability used in the 1990 census round for differences in concepts and type of question used. It also reviews available questions used in the 2000 round of censuses and compares the approach used in national studies to the one in the United Nations Principles and recommendations for population and housing censuses

Language and cultural issues in surveys of the European Union : a short description and an example of fundamental problems and practical solutions

OYEN, H VAN
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2002

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Social statistics are a difficult task when comparing countries that are using different languages and have different social systems. The experience from the European Union shows that there are ways around this problem: but the different countries have to agree first on a conceptual framework, standard instruments and common methods of analysis. The example of the European Union describes a possible use of these tools

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