Demographic and Social Statistics

• ESCAP
• UNSD
• Introduction of participants and administrative matters

Session will cover (a) data needs for disability-related SDG indicators for global monitoring, opportunities and constraints of existing data sources, monitoring and reporting and their implications for frequency of data, and (b) an overview of how disability has been mainstreamed in the Incheon Strategy:

• Presentation by UNSD
• Presentation by ESCAP
• Discussion

A review of available statistics on disability in the region with emphasis on comparability of prevalence rates:

• Presentation by ESCAP
• Discussion

The session will introduce on-going work at international level related to:

• WHO Model Disability Survey
• UNICEF Measuring Child Disability
• Discussion

A presentation on disability questions used to measure disability during censuses of the 2010 round with emphasis on the ESCAP region:

• Presentation by UNSD
• Discussion

Presentations by countries on the questions used to measure disability, reasons for the choice of questions, testing of the questions, experience in how the questions worked in the field, use of proxy respondents, translation of questions, use of scaled response categories, and results obtained

• Country presentations:
• India (ORGI); Myanmar (Dept. of Population); Sri Lanka; Philippines; Fiji; Viet Nam; Indonesia; Mongolia; Iran; Malaysia
• Discussion

• Country presentations:
• Discussion

The session will cover the experiences of countries that have used sources other than the census to generate data on disability. It will cover topics on which data are available, sample size (if applicable), geographical level at which results are available, etc.

• Country presentations:
• Cambodia (DHS); China (NBS); Bangladesh (Household Income and Expenditure Survey); China (Hong Kong) (Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Chronic Diseases); Thailand (administrative records)
• Discussion

• Discussion

Small group discussion an overview of pros and cons as well as the adequacy of existing sources of data (censuses, household sample surveys and administrative sources) for generating data on disability for monitoring of SDG indicators and the Incheon Strategy.

• Facilitators UNSD and ESCAP
• Group discussions

• Presentation of outcome of group discussions
• Discussion

Session will cover steps to be taken to ensure generating reliable and quality data for on disability, including on how to address data gaps where they exist, further methodological development, if necessary, exploring ways to expand collection of statistical data and its dissemination, reaching out to users and stakeholders for political and financial support for statistical work, etc.

• Facilitator: ESCAP
• Discussion

• Discussion

• ESCAP
• UNSD