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Reports to UN Statistical Commission

As a City Group created under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) reports to the Commission during its annual

Can I ask a subset of the six questions? I don’t have the resources to add all 6 questions to my census/ survey, what should I do?

A comprehensive measure to determine disability includes all six domains of functioning: seeing, hearing, walking/climbing steps, remembering/concentrating, self-care and communication.As noted in

Past WG Annual Meetings

Past Annual Meetings of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics To date, 20 annual meetings have been held by the WG: SITE DATE Washington DC 02/2002

COVID-19 News

The COVID-19 webinar took place August 25, 2020 To view the "Using the Washington Group Tools to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disability" document, click here.  To view the

The COVID-19 webinar took place August 25, 2020

The COVID-19 webinar took place August 25, 2020 To view the "Using the Washington Group Tools to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disability" document, click here.  To view the

Ninth meeting: Dar es Salaam, 7-9 October 2009

Ninth meeting: Dar es Salaam, 7-9 October 2009 The primary focus of the 9th meeting was the presentation and discussion of results from the cognitive tests and preliminary field tests results in

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

Implementation Guidelines: How to use the WG questions

Translated Tools These guidelines provide an overview of the WG methodology actualized in the development of disability data collection modules for censuses and surveys. In addition to

WG Partners and Collaborations

Save the Children launches report: – Protect A Generation Report: The impact of COVID-19 on children The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted millions of people around the world. For some, it has caused

Tenth meeting: Luxembourg, 3-5 November 2010

Tenth meeting: Luxembourg, 3-5 November 2010 The 10th meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) was held in conjunction with the Budapest Initiative Task Force on Measuring Health