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Collection methods & tools
Training manual on disability statistics
This training manual provides an overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework for disability measurement as well as implementation guidelines on disability data collection, dissemination and analysis. (UNESCAP: 2008) More info >>
Conducting surveys on disability: a comprehensive toolkit
This is a comprehensive toolkit which provides the foundation for designing and implementing household surveys based on the experiences of Handicap International in Afghanistan. (Handicap International: 2005) More info >>
Measuring disability prevalence
This paper reviews what is meant by disability and puts forth a way of measuring disability suitable for internationally comparable prevalence rates. (World Bank: 2007) More info >>
Washington Group on disability statistics
This is the web page of the Washington Group on Disabilities statistics which has developed and field-tested a list of questions which accurately identify people with disabilities in order to measure prevalence. (National Centre for Health Statistics) More info >>
Human functioning and disability: standards and methods
The United Nations Statistics Division issues standards and methods approved by the Statistical Commission to assist national statistical authorities and other producers of statistics in the collection, compilation and dissemination of data. (UN) More info >>
Measuring disability on censuses and surveys
The UN Statistical Commission charged the Washington Group on Disability Statistics with coming up with census and survey questions to produce high quality, internationally comparable measures of disability. (World Bank) More info >>