Sixth Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics Kampala, Uganda, October 10-13, 2006 Summary of Annual Reports on National Activities Related to Disability Statistics Beth Rasch and Cordell Golden United States U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics

Responding countries (n=28) Africa (4): Gambia, Mauritius, South Africa, Uganda Asia/Pacific (5): Hong Kong SAR, Mongolia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand Europe (10): Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain* Central and South America (4): Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela Middle East (2): Egypt, Palestine North America (3): Bermuda, Canada, United States * Spain returned 2 country reports listing multiple disability data collection activities.

New or updated information for 2006 New information (11): Bermuda, Czech Republic, Gambia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Mongolia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Venezuela Update of last year’s information (13): Australia, Canada, France, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Mauritius, New Zealand, Palestine, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Uganda No update from previous year’s report (4): Austria, Egypt, Italy, United States

Included short set of WG questions on national data collection activity Yes 16  6 structured WG tests  11 other tests  Philippines conducted both WG and other test No 11 NR 1

Other national activities related to disability data collection Pre-test of disability survey questions Training for data collectors Collection of administrative data Dissemination and publication of disability data Discussions with government agencies about disability data collection activities Participation in UNESCAP

Upcoming national data collection activities related to disability statistics

Type of data collection Summary Statistics (# countries) Type of Data Collection CensusSurvey Administrative Records Combination of Census and Administrative Records Combination of Survey and Administrative Records Total Plans to conduct national data collection activities on disability within the next 3 years No plans to conduct national data collection activities on disability within the next 3 years 11

Date of next data collection Uganda2006 New ZealandJuly 3, 2006 PeruSeptember 1, 2006 VenezuelaOctober 1, 2006 CanadaNovember 1, 2006 ParaguayNovember 1, 2006 Hong Kong SARlate 2006 / early 2007 Czech RepublicJune 30, 2007 PalestineDecember 9, 2007 RomaniaOctober 2007 South AfricaOctober 2007 SpainOctober 1, 2007 France2008 Australia2009 Spain2009 PhilippinesMay 2009 PolandOctober 2009 Mauritius2010 MongoliaJanuary 5, 2010

Frequency of data collection One-time data collection (1): Paraguay Annually (3): Mongolia, South Africa, Venezuela Every 2-4 years (4): Czech Republic, Palestine, Peru, Spain Every 5-10 years (9): Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong SAR, New Zealand, Philippines. Poland, Romania, Spain Unknown (13): Austria, Bermuda, Egypt, Gambia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Mauritius, Spain, Uganda, United States

Sampling frame Most recent or upcoming Census Country population registries Government administrative records Physician or long-stay facility patient lists

Sample size Persons: 24 persons (1): Mauritius 13,500 disabled persons (1): Czech Republic 30,000 – 43,000 persons (5): Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Venezuela Households: 400 households (1): Paraguay 9,000 – 41,000 households (7): Hong Kong SAR, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Uganda All households (2): Bermuda, Philippines

Mode of data collection Face to face interview Self- completed questionnaire Telephone interview Direct observation and measurement Other Australia Bermuda France Hong Kong SAR Mauritius Mongolia New Zealand Palestine Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Romania South Africa Spain Venezuela Uganda France Spain Canada France New Zealand VenezuelaAustralia Czech Republic

Languages in which survey offered / administered Arabic (1) English (with translation) (7) French (2) National language of country (8) Portuguese (1) Samoan (1) Spanish (4) No Response (10)

Potential opportunities for additional pre-testing Czech RepublicJune 30, 2007 PalestineDecember 9, 2007 RomaniaOctober 2007 South AfricaOctober 2007 SpainOctober 1, 2007 France2008