Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 2007-2008, Disabilities

Spain, 2008

Reference ID

ESP_2008_DIDSS_v01_M_DIS

Producer(s)

Instituto National de Estadistica

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Identification

Survey ID Number

ESP_2008_DIDSS_v01_M_DIS

Title

Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 2007-2008, Disabilities

Country

Name	Country code
Spain	ESP

Series Name

Household survey

Abstract

Objectives: To estimate the number of persons with disabilities who resided in Spain in family dwellings, as well as their geographical distribution.
To ascertain the limitations of activity and the restrictions of participation in the everyday situations of the persons, as well as the severity of the limitations.
To ascertain the characteristics of persons with disabilities and possible limitations.
To identify the different types of impairments, which cause the limitations.
To ascertain the causes, which have generated the impairments.
To evaluate the equality of opportunity / discrimination of persons with disabilities in the areas of labour, education, recreation, mobility, etc.
To identify the needs and demands for assistance, as well as the aid that they receive and its characteristics. To ascertain the use of technical help, special adaptations (in the household, the workplace, etc.), personal care, etc.
To carry out the analysis of the disability from the perspective of gender.

Reference Period: October 2007 to February 2008

Periodicity of Data Collection: Na

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Scope

Study notes

Disabilities: Activity limitations and restrictions of participation

Term used to denote 'disability': "Disability" or "activity limitations" or "restrictions of participation"

Definition of this term: According to ICF, the global concept of disability includes all impairments, limitations of activity and restrictions of participation.
- Activity limitation is the difficulty that a person has, on an individual level, in the intent/carrying out of an activity (list of 44 activities used) without external technical assistance or personal help.
-Restriction of participation is the difficulty that a person may have in becoming involved in a situation from a social perspective

Source of this definition: WHO, ICF

Questions used to identify persons with disabilities: The study carried out three phases of questionnaires: household questionnaire (includes all of the persons of the household interviewed who had some disability), disability questionnaire ( the questions were aimed on characteristics of the disabilities: degree of severity of each disability, age at the beginning of the disability, impairment that caused each one of them, and whether they received supervision or personal assistance, or used some external technical aid), limitation questionnaire (information was requested regarding limitations; the impairments (in the case of children under 6 years of age, the list of impairments is not as comprehensive as those considered in persons 6 years old and over, due to reasons of statistical significance).

Minimum duration to be considered as a person with disability: 12 months

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Whole country

Universe

Population groups: 6 years and over

Total population covered: All

Economic activities: All economic activities

Sectors covered: All sectors

Labor force status: Employed persons, unemployed persons, persons outside labour force

Status in Employment: Employees, employers, own-account workers, contributing family workers

Establishments: NR

Other limitations: Na

Classifications: Age, sex, kinship relationships (with the household reference person and with the persons who have some disability), country of birth, nationality, marital status and cohabitation situation, level of studies completed, relationship with economic activity, professional situation, occupation, activity in the company and province of residence

Cross-classification: Na

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators

Agency Name
Instituto National de Estadistica

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)

Start date
2008

Frequency of Data Collection

Periodicity of Data collection: Na

Metadata production

Document ID

DDI_ESP_2008_DIDSS_v01_M_DIS_ILO

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
International Labour Organisation (Department of Statistics)	ILO	International Labour Organisation (Department of Statistics)	Editing

Date of Production

2015-03-25

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