1. Session 3 “In-depth review of cognitive and field test results and experiences” QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina Gladys Massé (gmass@indec.mecon.gov.ar) Population Statistics Department – National Institute of Statistic and Censuses (INDEC) - Argentina 6th Annual Meeting of the Washington Group Kampala, Uganda, october 10 - 13 2006

2. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina When from March to June 2006 Where the City of Buenos Aires Demographic indicators Argentina (2001) City of Buenos Aires (2001) Total population37 millions3 millions Ratio of manhood96 men for each 100 women 84 men for each 100 women People of 65 years or more10 %17 % Life expectancy70 years for men 79 years for women 72 years for men 80 years for women Fertility Global Rate2,4 children per woman 1,8 children per woman COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY

3. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY Questions Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses? No - no difficulty (0) Yes – some difficulty (1) Yes – a lot of difficulty (2) Cannot do at all (3) No answer / Don´t know (9)

4. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina TotalMenWomen Total817 With Disability11 Without Disability716 The interviewers and the Non-Participant Observers 1 (one) general coordinator of the Test The work team of Population Statistics Department of INDEC Age groups: from 25 to 64 years Sociologists and demographers COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY The work team

5. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina Respondents They were recruited by governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as by foundations concerned with disabilities. SAMPLE of respondent Diagram of quotas of performed interviews. City of Buenos Aires. May 2006. COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY

6. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina Total181 Selected persons: respondents102 Qualified informant: proxy79 The respondents and the qualified informant COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY

7. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY Repeat = Did the respondent need you to repeat any part of the question? Options = Did the respondent have any difficulty using the response options? Explanations = Did the respondent ask for clarification or qualify their answer? The answers of 79 qualified informants = 72% coincidence Core question

8. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina ¿Why did you answer that way? The answer is generally obvious and very short: “Because it is”; “Because it is truth”; “Because I have no problem” “Because I´m blind” COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY Open question

9. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY The answers of 79 qualified informants = 85% coincidence Wears glasses

10. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY For those respondents who respond some difficulty: 2.3. [Without your glasses],2.4. [Without your glasses], how often do you have difficulty seeing well?when you are having difficulty, how much effort do you have to put into seeing? Total24Total24 Never3No effort4 Somewhat often8Some effort4 Very often8A lot of effort11 Every time3 No answer/Don´t Know2 5 For those respondents who wear glasses, they respond some difficulty: 2.3.a.[With your glasses],2.4.a. [With your glasses], how often do you have difficulty seeing well?when you are having difficulty, how much effort do you have to put into seeing? Total20Total20 Never6No effort9 Somewhat often9Some effort7 Very often1A lot of effort0 Every time2 No answer/Don´t Know2 4 The answers of 79 qualified informants = 35 % of coincidence aproximatly

11. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY The answers of 79 qualified informants = 80% of coincidence aproximatly

12. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY The answers of 79 qualified informants = 75% of coincidence aproximatly

13. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY The answers of 79 qualified informants = 67% of coincidence aproximatly

14. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY Suggestion: reformulate the core question Even if wearing glasses, do you have difficulty seeing?

15. QUESTION ON VISION Country results: Argentina COGNITIVE TEST TO MEASURE DISABILITY