People with Disabilities in India: From Commitment to Outcomes

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and early 2000s holds even when MI and MR people are omitted from the 58 th round sample. Excluding MI and MR, the employment rate of PWD still stands at 39.6 in 2002, i.e. 3.1 percentage points lower than in 1991 (and statistically significant). 123 This compares to a fall of only 1.1 percentage points for the general population (from 58.6 to 57.5 percent) between 1993 and 2000. Further research is needed to understand the determinants of the decline in the employment rate of persons with physical and sensory disabilities between 1991 and 2002, in particular to assess if it results from changes in the demographic composition of the population with disabilities, in the increased severity of disability, or factors in the labor market and society. • While trend comparisons are not possible, the low absolute employment rate among persons with disabilities is broadly support by results from the 2001 census. 124 Employment rates of PWD in India are lower than the general population for both genders and across urban and rural areas, and have fallen in the 1990s Figure 5.2: Employment rates of PWD and general population by gender and location, early 1990s Figure 5.3: Employment rates of PWD and general population by gender and location, early 2000s Figure 5.2 Figure 5.3 % of w orkin g ag e p o p ulation 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 RM PWD RM GEN UM PWD UM GEN RF PW D RF GEN UF PW D UF GEN ALL PW D ALL GEN Source: Mitra and Sambamoorthi, based on NSS 58 th and 47 th rounds in 2002 and 1991 (PWD) and 55 th and 50 th rounds in 1993/94 and 1999/00 (non-PWD). 5.4. In a country as diverse as India, it is interesting to explore statewise aspects of PWD employment. Given the variations in state-level employment rates for all groups, an informative way to do this is comparing the state-specific ratio of the PWD employment rate with that of the non-PWD working age population. This is presented in Figure 5.4. Points of note include: % of working age population • the fall in the employment rates of PWD relative to the general working age population during the 1990s is almost universal across the country, with the exception of Sikkim. • however, the extent of the relative decline varies greatly, with states such as Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra exhibiting small falls in the PWD/non-PWD employment 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 RM PWD RM GEN UM PWD UM GEN RF PWD RF GEN UF PWD UF GEN ALL PWD ALL GEN 123 The analysis used usual principal activity status. The NSS thick rounds also report the share of working age population who are unable to work due to a disability. This increased 10 percent between 1993/04 and 1999/00, providing some verification from a much larger sample of an increased negative effect of disability on employment during the 1990s. It is also notable that the share reporting inability to work due to disability was twice as higher for men than women by the 1999/00 NSS round. 124 Rajan (2006). -85-
atios, while others such as J&K, Bihar and Assam have seen large falls in the relative employment position of PWD. The relative employment rates of PWD and the general population vary significantly by state, but have fallen since the early 1990s in nearly all states Figure 5.4: PWD and non-PWD employment ratio, early 1980s and 2000s Figure*: PWD to non-PWD employment ratio, early 1990s and early 2000s 1 0.9 PWDER/NON-PWDER 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 1990s 2000s 0 AP ASS BIHAR GUJ HARY HP J&K KARN KER MP MAHA ORIS PUNJ RAJA SIK TN UP WB Source: Mitra and Sambamoorthi, based on NSS 58 th and 47 th rounds in 2002 and 1991 5.5. It is also useful to explore the employment rates of people with disabilities by major categories of disability captured by the NSS. These are presented in Figure 5.5 for 2002. All categories of PWD have employment rates below the general population average. However, employment rates vary sharply by type of disability, with those with mental illness, mental retardation and visual disabilities having very low employment rates at one extreme and those with hearing disabilities with employment rates around 94 percent of the rate of the general working age population, and those with speech and locomotor disabilities having employment rates above those of the average for disabled people. In addition, those with more severe disabilities have an employment rate around 22 percent (about 10 percentage points) below those with moderate disabilities, or around 45 percent below the rate of the general population. 125 Employment rates vary sharply by type of disability but less between moderate and severely disabled people Figure 5.5: Employment rates by disability type and severity, 2002 Figure 5.5 70 %of working age population 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 All PWD MI MR Visual Hearing Speech Locomotor Multiple Moderate Severe Source: Mitra and Sambamoorthi, based on NSS 58 th round. 5.6. A further important aspect of employment rates is variations between PWD and the general population by level of education. This is shown in Figures 5.6. and 5.7 for the early 1990s and early 2000s. Two points of interest are: 125 Census data also reveal significant differences in employment rates by disability type, though the relative rates differ significantly from those found using NSS. This is likely to be driven by the differences in definitions of specific disabilities used by the two organizations (see Annex 1). -86-
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN INDIA:
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Abbreviations and Acronyms ADL ANM
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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Figure 5.3: Employment rates of PWD
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Box 5.4: A Jobs Fair Bringing Emplo
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NGOs, both quantitative and qualita
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Out of school rates for CWD are hig
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needs to respond more proactively t
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government strategies for promoting
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Safety Net Schemes 33. Safety nets
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40. In early 2006, a National Polic
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should move to implement the Act’
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54. Addressing current and future p
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disability SHGs, which has been sho
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have comparative advantage is putti
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extent of individual functioning du
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converting income into well-being o
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21. In light of the challenges that
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not be explained by this. The major
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Table 1.2: Disability Prevalence ra
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The share of disability impact due
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• It is also important to recall
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1.17. A second issue with obvious i
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Figure 1.9: Employment rates of PWD
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Box 1.2: Census questions on disabi
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Box 2.1: Disability in Indian mytho
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• overall, there is low acceptanc
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Table 2.2: Positive perceptions of
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different areas, as for example the
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governmental sectors drive home the
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Box 2.4: Raising awareness and chan
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Table 7.2: Institutions providing b
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systematically related to the numbe
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• collaboration between NGOs and
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moving to improved outcomes for PWD
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CHAPTER 8: ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH D
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Box 8.1: International and regional
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The comparison of institutional arr
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laudable, there are concerns that m
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ANNEX 1: COMPARING THE INCOMPARABLE
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of prevalence estimates across the
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person will be treated as having
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