The United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific and
the National Statistical Office Thailand
co-hosted the Fourth Meeting of the Washington
Group on Disability Statistics from 29
September to 1 October 2004. The Washington
Group, one of the City Groups formed under
the auspices of the United Nations Statistical
Commission, is mandated to develop general
disability measures, for use in censuses
and sample surveys, and to recommend survey
items to measure disability or principles
for their design.
The major agenda topics for the fourth
meeting emanated from work presented at
the third meeting, 19-20 February 2004,
Brussels, Belgium. The objectives of the
meeting were to:
- Present the draft general
disability measure (workgroup 1);
- Discuss the position
paper on proposed methods for implementing
the general disability measure (workgroup
2);
- Discuss methodological
issues relating to full population coverage;
- Discuss the position
paper on a proposed approach for development
of extended measurement sets related
to the general disability measure (workgroup
3); and
- Discuss strategic
issues, including the identification
of next steps.
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