Data Resource Profile: The Disability Statistics - Estimates Database (DS-E Database). An innovative database of internationally comparable statistics on disability inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Disability Statistics (DS) Database provides internationally comparable statistics to monitor the rights of persons with disabilities. The Disability Statistics - Estimates (DS-E) Database includes national and subnational descriptive statistics based on the analysis and disaggregation of national population and housing censuses and household surveys. The database can inform policies and programs to advance the rights of persons with disabilities.

Methods

As of 2024, the DS-E Database includes estimates for 29 indicators providing information on the prevalence of disability and associations with education, personal activities, health, standards of living, insecurity, and multidimensional poverty. Estimates are based on 53 national datasets, including 23 popu

SUBMITTER: Carpenter B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11931408 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature