END-DECADE ASSESSMENT CHILD DISABILITY

Child disability will be an optional questionnaire module in MICS2.  Background information on the "ten questions" approach, which has been tested in several developing countries, is provided below.

The "ten questions"

Zaman, S. S. et al, Validity of the ‘ten questions’ for screening serious childhood disability: results from urban Bangladesh, Intl. Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 19, pages 613-620, 1990

Durkin M. S. et al, Validity of the ten questions screen for childhood disability: results from population-based studies in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Pakistan, Epidemiology, vol. 5, pages 283-289, 1994

Chamie, M., Can childhood disability be ascertained simply in surveys?, Epidemiology, vol. 5, pages 273-275, 1994

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last updated on August 26, 1999