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This volume provides an informed review of the accomplishments of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) in the provision of international data and statistics on disability. It does so within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used in approximately 29 countries and recommended in t...

This book explores the development, analysis, and interpretation of disability statistics, which is a very important component of official statistics. Disability, a concept with multiple definitions and dimensions, has become a very important policy issue in the United States and around the world. Proper understanding of the social problems associated with disability is influenced by how we conceptualize and define the disablement process, ope...

This volume provides an informed review of the accomplishments of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) in the provision of international data and statistics on disability. It does so within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used in approximately 29 countries and recommended in t...