Inclusive Statistics : Human Development and Disability Indicators in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This paper disaggregates human development indicators across disability status to assess the situation of persons and households with disabilities. The paper uses 24 censuses and general household surveys from 21 low- and middle-income countries. D...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/398321618325378227/Inclusive-Statistics-Human-Development-and-Disability-Indicators-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35447 |
| Summary: | This paper disaggregates human
development indicators across disability status to assess
the situation of persons and households with disabilities.
The paper uses 24 censuses and general household surveys
from 21 low- and middle-income countries. Disability status
is measured through self-reports of functional difficulties
(for example, seeing or hearing). There are several findings
of interest. First, disability is not rare in low- and
middle-income countries. The median prevalence stands at 10
percent among adults ages 15 and older, and at 23 percent
among households. There are consistent inequalities
associated with disability and, in particular, with respect
to educational attainment, work outcomes, poverty, food
security, exposure to shocks, living conditions, and assets.
At the same time, not all persons with functional
difficulties experience deprivations. There is a gradient in
inequalities associated with the degree of functional
difficulty: persons with at least a lot of difficulty tend
to be worse off than persons with some difficulty, who
themselves tend to be worse off than persons with no
difficulty. The results in this paper on the prevalence of
functional difficulties and their association with
socioeconomic deprivations show that disability should be
central to human development policy, data, and research.
More work is needed to curb the inequalities associated with disability. |
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