Transcript Improvement in the Collection of Disability Statistics in Support of the CRPD and MDGs Keiko Osaki-Tomita Chief Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division Third.

Improvement in the Collection of
Disability Statistics
in Support of the CRPD and MDGs
Keiko Osaki-Tomita
Chief
Demographic and Social Statistics Branch
United Nations Statistics Division
Third Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
New York, 3 September 2010
Outline
 Collection of disability statistics through the 2010
World Population and Housing Census Programme
 Guidance on the development of disability statistics
 Mainstreaming disability into the MDGs
 The way forward
Challenges of Disability Statistics
 Disability statistics still seriously suffer from:
- Availability
- Reliability
- Comparability
 Global figures on PWDs are not readily available.
 Obstacles to the effective formulation of disabilityinclusive policies and programmes.
Census as a tool to collect disability data
 A population census is usually the largest statistical
activity, which systematically acquires and records
information about all members of a given population
at a specific time.
 A census can provide valuable information on
disability and human functioning in a country.
 UNSD takes a lead of the 2010 World Population
and Housing Census Programme, which
recommends countries to have a census at least
once between 2005 and 2014.
Topics to be investigated in population censues
UN Principles and Recommendations for
Population and Housing Censuses,
Rev. 2 (2008)
 Disability status is one of 25 core topics,
highly recommended to be investigated by
census
 Based on ICF concept, it recommends that
the four domains (walking, seeing,
hearing, cognition) be considered
essential in determining disability status
Disability data captured by census
 As of 1 August, a census was conducted by100 countries as
a part of 2010 census round. By 2014, all but 8 countries in
the world would conduct a census.
 Among 75 census questionnaires received by UNSD,
 52 included disability questions
 43 utilized the core set of disability questions as
recommended
 Washington Group on Disability Statistics develops a short
set of questions on disability suitable for use in censuses
and conducts field tests.
Countries and areas where disability question
was included in census (total: 52)
Africa
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mozambique
Nigeria
Sudan
Swaziland
17
Asia
Bhutan
Cambodia
DPR of Korea
Iran, Islamic Rep.of
Israel
Lao PDR
Macao, SAR
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Qatar
Republic of Korea
UAE
Viet Nam
12
Latin America
& Caribbean
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Colombia
El Salvador
Mexico
Nicaragua
US Virgin Island
8
Oceania
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Guam
Norfork Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Vanuatu
10
Developed
Countries
Australia
Canada
Ireland
Malta
New Zealand
5
Guidance on the development of disability statistics
UN Guidelines and Principles for
the Development of Disability
Statistics (2001)

International framework and
conceptual basis for the definition
and classification of disabilities

A guide to the basic steps in the
data collection process

Methodologies for disability data
collection by source of information
UNSD’s work on MDGs

Responsible for the global and regional
monitoring of MDGs (in collaboration with
IAEG on MDG Indicators).
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Maintains the MDG Indicator database and
website, and publishes a MDG report
annually.
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PWDs are often denied their rights to
education, a decent employment, proper heal
care and accessible sanitation facilities – all
related to MDG goals.

But, PWDs were not included in the
Millennium Declaration.
Mainstreaming disability in the MDGs
 Inclusion of disability in the MDG reports


MDG 2009
 Under Goal 2 (education), recognition that children with
disabilities have unequal opportunities
MDG 2010
 Under Goal 2 (education), illustrative data from a few countries
 Identification of appropriate data


World Health Surveys
National data sources (censuses and surveys) using the
Washington Group questions
 Creation of a Task Team on MDGs and PWDs within the IAEG
on MDG Indicators.
The Way Forward …..
 Monitoring of census implementation and results,
especially…
 Tabulation of disability data
 Dissemination of disability data
 Task Team on MDGs and PWDs within the IAEG
on MDG Indicators
 1st meeting planned for the Fall 2010
 Search for suitable information for the 2011 MDG
outputs
Thank you !
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