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WG/UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM)

…Download the Child Functioning Module Questions below Access all currently available languages on the UNICEF website:  Module on Child Functioning: Questionnaires About the CFM It was recognized by the…

Does The WG-SS Identify All People With Disabilities, And Does It Matter?

Does The WG-SS Identify All People With Disabilities, And Does It Matter?

…The WG-SS identifies most people with disabilities. While 6 questions cannot identify everyone, the population identified by the WG-ss is well-understood, appropriate, and valuable for many purposes – including…

Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys

Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys

…Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys This blog entry provides information on how to train interviewers for dealing with disability in either surveys or censuses. It addresses both the…

Seventh meeting: Dublin, 19-21 September 2007

… short set addressed the use of the short set as a screener and presented an alternative (optional) question on upper body function. The combined work group on data analysis and methodological issues provided…

Tenth meeting: Luxembourg, 3-5 November 2010

… obtained from the 2010 round of cognitive and field testing of the extended set of disability questions that took place in Europe (Granada Group) and South-East Asia (UN ESCAP). In collaboration with…

How should the questions be administered?

…It is recommended that the response options be read aloud as part of each of the six questions as follows:“Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps? Would you say:No, no difficulty Yes, some difficulty Yes, a…

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics: Interviewer Guidelines

…The question sets developed by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) are intended to be embedded in other ongoing data collections. This might be a census or a survey, for example a Labor Force Survey…

Can I change the answer categories?

… society on an equal basis with others.  The aspects of functioning that are captured by the six questions are also not dichotomies; functioning in each of these domains exists on a continuum.A question

Using the Washington Group Short Set in a Telephone Survey

… of a health-related lockdown. Unfortunately, we have not done field tests of the Washington Group questions specifically for administration in a phone survey, so we do not have any direct experience or…

How Are The Washington Group Questions Consistent With The Social Model Of Disability?

… in the environment. This blog entry explains how the social model informed the development of the WG questions and explains how the questions flow from it, and how they can be used in analysis consistent with…