report on uganda pilot study by ms. pamela kakande senior statistician uganda bureau of statistics...
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REPORT ON UGANDA PILOT STUDY
byMs. Pamela Kakande
Senior StatisticianUganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
Questionnaire development• Decision to pretest WG questions was made as a
follow up of the WG Regional meeting Nairobi – June 2005
• The WG Questions were pretested as part of the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS)
• Included all the 6 WCG questions as was in cognitive test.
• Questionnaire was finalized before the 6th WG meeting – March 2006
• Data collection – May to Oct 2006
SURVEY DESIGN
• National sample of 8,870 households were selected from 368 EAs (clusters) as follows
321 EAs were from 2005/6 UNHS 30 EAs were Internally Displaced Peoples Camps
(IDP’s) 17 EAs were additional for Karamoja Region
• overd the entire country • Questions on disability were administered to all
household members aged 5 years +
Questions1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing
aid?3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps?4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all
over or dressing?6. Because of a physical, mental or emotional health
condition, do you have difficulty communicating, (for example understanding others or others understanding you)?
Response Categories
1 No – no difficulty2 Yes – some difficulty3 Yes – a lot of difficulty4 Cannot do at all5 Don’t know
RESULTS
SEEING
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
HEARING
0
10
20
30
40
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
WALKING OR CLIMBING STAIRS
0
10
20
30
40
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
REMEMBERING / CONCENTRATING
0
10
20
30
40
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
SELF CARE
0
5
10
15
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
COMMUNICATION
0
5
10
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
AT LEAST 1 FUNCTIONAL AREA
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+
Total
some difficulty
a lot of difficulty
can't do at all
AT LEAST 1 FUNCTIONAL AREA
0.53.7
15.6
19.8
can't do at all a lot ofdifficulty
some difficulty Total
Challenge – classifying PWD’s
• What levels of severity to be considered in the computation of disability prevalence is still a challenge
THANK YOU