1、Disability in the Brazilian Census,Alicia Bercovich Population Census Committee IBGE, Brazil 8th Meeting of the Washington Group Manila, Philippines October 29-31, 2008,Overview,Legal aspects Census 2000 Consultation Meetings Some Results Census 2010: Cognitive tests and Joint Pilot test Questions R
2、emarks,Legal Aspects,Law N 7.853, October 24, 1989. Art. 17 - Sero includas no censo demogrfico de 1990, e nos subseqentes, questes concernentes problemtica da pessoa portadora de deficincia, objetivando o conhecimento atualizado do nmero de pessoas portadoras de deficincia no pas .,Planning for Cen
3、sus 2000,Meetings with users Joint work IBGE/CORDE Evaluation of the data obtained from the Pilot Tests and Dress Rehearsal Questions and Concepts,IBGE/ CORDE Joint work,From the beginning of Census Planning (1997) the Coordination for integration of disabled people from the Ministry of Human Rights
4、, worked together with IBGE CORDE sent first proposal of contents IBGE tested the questions and modified during the planning period,Findings and Decisions,Why to include this topic in a population census? Why it was considered necessary to have more than one question in the census form? Screening qu
5、estions: problems when using them for disability topics False negatives and false positives Minimum number of questions in the census Domains Chosen Degrees of severity What can be asked and what cannot be asked Mercosur experience: cognitive tests and joint pilot test,Prevalence of Disability in Se
6、lected Countries by Source,Proportion of the population with at least one type of disability,Proportion of the population with at least one type of disability,Age and sex structure of the population with at least one type of disability,Proportion of literate people aged 5 years and over by type of d
7、isability and age groups,School attendance rate among children aged 7 to 14 years old with and without disability,Proportion of people attending school by type of disability and age groups,Proportion of population aged 15 years or over, with at least one disability by years of schooling,Source: IBGE
8、, 2000 Demographic Census,(%),Proportion of population aged 15 years or over, with at least one disability by years of schooling,Employment rate of people with each kind of disability - Males,Source: IBGE, 2000 Demographic Census,(%),Employment rate of people with each kind of disability - Males,Emp
9、loyment rate of people with each kind of disability - Females,Source: IBGE, 2000 Demographic Census,(%),Employment rate of people with each kind of disability - Females,Life expectancy (LE) and disability-free expectancy (DFLE), by gender and Regions,Final Remarks,Evaluation Lessons learnt Demand fo
10、r Intercensal Estimates Harmonization with Mercosul, Bolivia and Chile Joint Pilot Tests methodology Washington Group collaboration,Thank you!,Proposal for 2010 Census Long Form,After the joint analysis of the pilot test and the evaluation with CORDE we elaborated a proposal for 2010 Census. The que
11、stion tested by IBGE concerning mental disability had performance slightly better than the WGs. The core questions proposed by the Washington Group were quite similar to the ones asked in 2000 census. The modifications tested were approved.,1. Do you have permanent difficulty seeing? (If you wear gl
12、asses or contact lenses, make your evaluation while wearing them),Cannot do at all Yes, great difficulty Yes, some difficulty No, no difficulty,2. Do you have permanent difficulty hearing? (If you use a hearing aid, make your evaluation while using it),Cannot do at all Yes, great difficulty Yes, som
13、e difficulty No, no difficulty,3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing stairs? (If you use a prosthesis, cane or auxiliary device, make your evaluation while using it),Cannot do at all Yes, great difficulty Yes, some difficulty No, no difficulty,4. Do you have any permanent mental disability t
14、hat limits you in your daily activities? (such as working, going to school, playing, etc.),Yes No,5. Do you have difficulty taking care of yourself, such as dressing or bathing?,Cannot do at all Yes, great difficulty Yes, some difficulty No, no difficulty,Brazil Cognitive Test,Carried out on April 2
15、006; In three Brazilian municipalities: Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region; Curitiba in the South Region; and Olinda in the Northeast Region. Selection Process: Used 2000 Census Information on Disabled People and visited the selected households Quota Sample of each domain tested Selected Census
16、Tracts with higher density of disabled people,Questionnaire,Added four questions, called additional questions, which had been used in 2000 Census; By request of CORDE we included a question on Body Functions and Structure; The order of the categories of response of the additional questions have been
17、 modified considering the results of pilot tests preceding 2000 Census: The core questions and the categories of response were maintained,Response Patterns (%) Cognition,Remarks,The answers to the additional questions were generally consistent with the core questions When compared with the 2000 Cens
18、us questions were also compatible, but seemed to detect better some types of problems No problems to understand the core questions Not so good for children with mental retardation or other problems Small proportion of false-negatives or false-positives Use for policy making?,Common Census for Mercos
19、ul, Bolivia and Chile: First Joint Pilot Test on Disability,Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics IBGE, Instituto Nacional de Estadstica y Censos INDEC, from Argentina Direccin General de Estadstica, Encuestas y Censos DGEEC, from ParaguayCarried out in November 2006 in the cities of Foz
20、do Iguau, Puerto Iguaz and Ciudad del Este, respectively. This pilot test was planned based on the joint analysis of results from cognitive tests performed by the three countries during the first semester of 2006.,Disability Prevalence,Disability Prevalence,Correlation Matrix by Country and Domain,L
21、iteracy rate among adults aged 15 years old and over in population with and without disability,Proportion of people attending school by type of disability and age groups,Implementation of the cognitive test,Implementation of the cognitive test,Correlation Matrix by Country and Domain,1. Do you have
22、any permanent mental disabilities that limit you in your daily activities? (As working, getting school, playing, etc.) Yes / No,2. How do you evaluate your capacity to see? (Even with glasses or contact lenses, if used),Unable Severe permanent difficulty Some permanent difficulty No difficulty,3. Ho
23、w do you evaluate your capacity to hear? (Even with hearing aid, if used),Unable Severe permanent difficulty Some permanent difficulty No difficulty,4. How do you evaluate your capacity to walk / climb stairs? (Even with walking aids, if used)Unable Severe permanent difficulty Some permanent difficu
24、lty No difficulty,5. Do you have some of the following impairments?,Permanent total paralysis Permanent paralysis of legs Permanent paralysis of one side of the body Loss of a member: leg, arm, hand, foot or thumb None of the preceding options,WHY TO INCLUDE THIS TOPIC IN A POPULATION CENSUS? WHY WE
25、 CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE QUESTION IN THE CENSUS FORM? MINIMUM NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN THE CENSUS MERCOSUR EXPERIENCE: COGNITIVE TESTS AND PILOT TEST FALSE NEGATIVES AND FALSE POSITIVES WHAT CAN BE ASKED AND WHAT CANNOT BE ASKED SCREENING QUESTIONS: PROBLEMS WHEN USING THEM FOR DISABILITY TOPICS REMARKS,People with disability in Brazil: a look at 2000 Census results,
