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International Measurement of DisabilityDevelopment of Disability Measures for Surveys: The Washington Group Extended Set on Functioning

International Measurement of Disability: Development of Disability Measures for Surveys: The... [The first task of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was to develop a set of questions for use on national censuses. Constraints inherent in the census format placed limits the number and complexity of questions included. It was decided that for each domain of functioning included in that short set, only a single question could be asked. While in some cases a single question can capture all, or most, of the information that is needed to define the continuum of functioning in a domain (seeing for example); other domains of functioning are more complex and require additional questions in order to allow for the establishment of a finer gradient of difficulty from minor to severe.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

International Measurement of DisabilityDevelopment of Disability Measures for Surveys: The Washington Group Extended Set on Functioning

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 61)
Editors: Altman, Barbara M.
Loeb, Mitchell
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
97 –122
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-28498-9_7
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Abstract

[The first task of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was to develop a set of questions for use on national censuses. Constraints inherent in the census format placed limits the number and complexity of questions included. It was decided that for each domain of functioning included in that short set, only a single question could be asked. While in some cases a single question can capture all, or most, of the information that is needed to define the continuum of functioning in a domain (seeing for example); other domains of functioning are more complex and require additional questions in order to allow for the establishment of a finer gradient of difficulty from minor to severe.]

Published: Jun 15, 2016

Keywords: Washington Group; Extended set; Gradient of functioning; NHIS

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