Eleventh meeting: Southampton, 14-16 November 2011 The Washington Group began to monitor the use the WG Short Set in national data collections (censuses and surveys). Preliminary analyses of data
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
Why The Washington Group Questions Ask About ‘Difficulties’ And Not ‘Disabilities’- How A Single Word Can Make A Difference Asking people on surveys if they have a disability leads to underestimates
Video 5: Now I want to talk a little bit about data analysis using the short set of questions. We need data so that we can measure disability prevalence rates. We want to make comparisons, not only
Empowering Inclusive Living for All People: Insights from the 2023/2024 Kenya Housing Survey This blog highlights the 2023/2024 Kenya Housing Survey as a model for collecting data on disability and
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
Twelfth meeting: Bangkok, 23-25 October 2012 Results from further analysis of data provided by countries using the WG Short Set in recent national data collections (censuses and surveys) were
Video 6: I wanted to talk a little bit about data collection methodology - some of the things that we do in the WG that apply to any data collection anywhere. We think that these are good methods
Cognitive Interviewing For The Washington Group Writing effective questions that produce reliable data requires testing. Cognitive interviewing is an important methodology for making sure that
Should you use the WG questions in your humanitarian programming? A tool to help you decide. This blog presents five criteria developed to help humanitarian workers make the best decisions regarding
