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Can I use a screening question before the WG questions?

…Evidence shows that single screener questions do not adequately identify the population of interest.  Most screeners are of the form “Do you have a disability?” with yes/no answer categories.  As noted above,…

Translations of WG Question Sets

…View and download the extended Washington Group Question Set View and download the Washington Group/UNICEF Question Sets for children The Washington Group Short Set, Extended Set and Short-Set Enhanced Question

Implementation Guidelines: How to use the WG questions

… background to understanding the development of the WG tools and guidance in their application, question specifications are stipulated for each WG question set, as well as instructions to interviewers. …

Translation Guidelines

…How to Translate the WG Questions – and Test Translations to Improve Data for Quality These guidelines provide an overview of the WG Methodology with special attention to the Translation of WG tools and the…

A Washington Group Primer

… View and download the extended Washington Group Question Set View and download the Washington Group/UNICEF Question Sets for children

Can I ask the WG questions to a single household respondent for all household members?

…The WG questions are intended to be administered individually to each person selected to be a respondent in a data collection. In some population censuses or sample surveys, only specific members of the household are…

Can I ask the WG questions to a single household respondent for all household members?

…Can I ask the WG questions to a single household respondent for all household members? The WG questions are intended to be administered individually to each person selected to be a respondent in a data collection. In…

Can I change or adapt the questions to meet my needs?

… In order to collect internationally comparable data, it is important that the WG question be used without any changes to the wording of questions, order of questions, response categories, and cut-off…

Implementation

…View and download the Washington Group Question Sets Implementation guidelines View and download the Washington Group Question Sets Translations Guidelines

WG Short Set on Functioning – Enhanced (WG-SS Enhanced)

… Download the Short Set - Enhanced Questions below Translations of the WG-SS Enhanced can be found here: Translations of WG Question Sets About the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning -…