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Comments on Position Paper II

Comments on Position Paper II. Gunilla Davidsson Statistics Sweden. Purposes with Census Questions. To identify people with disability To get knowledge about the number of people (or good estimates) in the country with impairment, disability, handicap

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Comments on Position Paper II

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  1. Comments on Position Paper II Gunilla Davidsson Statistics Sweden

  2. Purposes with Census Questions • To identify people with disability • To get knowledge about the number of people (or good estimates) in the country with impairment, disability, handicap • To be able to make international comparisons • To construct a sample frame

  3. Need to list and describe … • General limitations • Limitations specific for the country

  4. Does this person usually have serious difficulty walking or climbing steps?

  5. Necessary to identify limitations because of … • … national planning, research • … international comparisons

  6. Does this person have serious trouble seeing or are they blind?

  7. If no mention of use of devises, what about for example… • … long-sighted, astigmatical, cataract, glaucoma …. will they identify with the definition?

  8. Does this person have serious trouble hearing or are they deaf?

  9. Does this person usually have serious problems remembering or concentrating?

  10. We can’t get it all, but we have to be aware of and report what we are not getting

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