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International Measurement of DisabilityBackground and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving the State of Disability Data

International Measurement of Disability: Background and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving... [The purpose of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) is to develop standard forms of population-based disability measures, comparable across cultures and countries, for individual country use and for use in international comparisons. This chapter reviews how the WG was started, including the original U.N. meeting which resulted in the creation of the WG, the content of the group’s first meeting, and the early decisions made by the group that have guided the WG work since its inception in 2001.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

International Measurement of DisabilityBackground and Origin of the Washington Group: Improving the State of Disability Data

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 61)
Editors: Altman, Barbara M.
Weeks, Julie D.
International Measurement of Disability — Jun 15, 2016
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-28496-5
Pages
3 –14
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-28498-9_1
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Abstract

[The purpose of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) is to develop standard forms of population-based disability measures, comparable across cultures and countries, for individual country use and for use in international comparisons. This chapter reviews how the WG was started, including the original U.N. meeting which resulted in the creation of the WG, the content of the group’s first meeting, and the early decisions made by the group that have guided the WG work since its inception in 2001.]

Published: Jun 15, 2016

Keywords: U.N. City Groups; Disability statistics; Washington Group on Disability Statistics; Disability measurement

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