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Biography; Introduction; Highlights of the Parts; Part I: Origin of the Washington Group and Issues in Disability Data Collection; Part II: Census/Survey Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing; Part III: Moving Forward: Extended Question Sets and Methodological Advances; Part IV: Conclusions: Outcomes and Place of the Washington Group Measures in International Data; References; Part I: Origin of the Washington Group and Issues in Disability Data Collection; Chapter 1: Background and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving the State of Disability Data; Introduction
The State of Disability Statistics United Nations International Seminar on Measurement of Disability; City Groups; The Washington Group on Disability Statistics; Purpose of the WG; WG Guiding Principles and Objectives; Disability Measurement Considerations; Determining the Framework; Purpose of Disability Measure; Coordination, Support and Promotion: The Ongoing Mission; References; Chapter 2: Cross-National Issues in Disability Data Collection; Introduction; Observation Errors in Measures of Disability; Interviewer Errors; Respondent Error Due to Cultural Factors
Respondent Error Due to Non-cultural Factors Geographical Differences; Translation of Questions; Context of Poverty and Adversity; Access to Health Care Service; Survey Design in Cross Country Comparability; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Chapter 3: Washington Group Meetings, Processes and Milestones; Establishing Objectives and Organizing Washington Group Work; Washington Group Governance; The Short Set of Census Questions; Development of Questions; World Bank Development Grant; Adoption of Short Set; Monitoring the Use of the WG Short Set
The WG Extended Sets of Measures on Disability Partnership with the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; Workplan for the Development of Extended Measures; Further Examination of the WG Extended Set on Functioning (ES-F); Other Extended Sets; UNICEF/WG Module on Child Functioning and Disability; Regional Workshops and Technical Assistance; New Initiatives; Appendices; Appendix I - The Washington Group Short Set of Questions on Disability; Introductory Phrase
Appendix II - List of Articles and Books Based on WG Activities or Utilizing the WG Short Set QuestionsReference; Part II: Census/Survey Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing; Chapter 4: Purpose of an International Comparable Census Disability Measure; Introduction; Developing a Process to Establish the Purpose of a Census Measure; Disability Measurement Matrix; Decision Process for Identifying the Purpose of the WG Measures; Evaluation of Purposes: Relevance and Feasibility; Provision of Services; Monitoring the Prevalence of Disability in the Population
The State of Disability Statistics United Nations International Seminar on Measurement of Disability; City Groups; The Washington Group on Disability Statistics; Purpose of the WG; WG Guiding Principles and Objectives; Disability Measurement Considerations; Determining the Framework; Purpose of Disability Measure; Coordination, Support and Promotion: The Ongoing Mission; References; Chapter 2: Cross-National Issues in Disability Data Collection; Introduction; Observation Errors in Measures of Disability; Interviewer Errors; Respondent Error Due to Cultural Factors
Respondent Error Due to Non-cultural Factors Geographical Differences; Translation of Questions; Context of Poverty and Adversity; Access to Health Care Service; Survey Design in Cross Country Comparability; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Chapter 3: Washington Group Meetings, Processes and Milestones; Establishing Objectives and Organizing Washington Group Work; Washington Group Governance; The Short Set of Census Questions; Development of Questions; World Bank Development Grant; Adoption of Short Set; Monitoring the Use of the WG Short Set
The WG Extended Sets of Measures on Disability Partnership with the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; Workplan for the Development of Extended Measures; Further Examination of the WG Extended Set on Functioning (ES-F); Other Extended Sets; UNICEF/WG Module on Child Functioning and Disability; Regional Workshops and Technical Assistance; New Initiatives; Appendices; Appendix I - The Washington Group Short Set of Questions on Disability; Introductory Phrase
Appendix II - List of Articles and Books Based on WG Activities or Utilizing the WG Short Set QuestionsReference; Part II: Census/Survey Questions: Purpose, Process and Testing; Chapter 4: Purpose of an International Comparable Census Disability Measure; Introduction; Developing a Process to Establish the Purpose of a Census Measure; Disability Measurement Matrix; Decision Process for Identifying the Purpose of the WG Measures; Evaluation of Purposes: Relevance and Feasibility; Provision of Services; Monitoring the Prevalence of Disability in the Population