Programme : Presentation on 25
September 2003Users' needs for assessment Implementation of BMF goals
Text version of a Powerpoint Presentation
Presented by Kay Nagata, PSIS/ESID, United Nations ESCAP
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Users' needs for assessment Implementation of BMF goals
By Kay Nagata
PSIS/ESID, United Nations ESCAP
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Users' needs for assessment Implementation of BMF goals
- Data on socio-economic characteristics, such as enrollment rate of PWD compared with
that of non-disabled people;
- Unemployment rate of PWD, compared with non-disabled workers, etc.;
- In a given country (within a country A);
- Comparison between disabled people and non-disabled people within the same country;
- Low priority for standardization across countries in the region;
- To indicate that disabled people are not integrated into mainstream development, such as
access to education, and access to employment;
- Disparity between disabled people and non-disabled people
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Some example of national data on socio-economic characteristics
- Australia National Survey of Handicapped Persons 1981 (Educational characteristics of
disabled people in a household, living in institution,)
- Hong Kong Population Census 1981 (Educational characteristics of disabled persons)
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Hong Kong Census 1981
| Aged 25-34 |
Total population |
Disabled |
| No school |
4.1% |
26.3% |
| Primary school |
36.9% |
43.1% |
| Secondary |
45.6% |
25.0% |
| Higher education |
13.3% |
5.6% |
| Aged 55 + |
Total population |
Disabled |
| No school |
47.4% |
56.4% |
| Primary school |
37.1% |
31.6% |
| Secondary |
11.3% |
8.9% |
| Higher education |
4.2% |
3.1% |
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Educational attainment, Hong Kong Census 1981
(chart of the previous slide data)
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