Conducting Surveys on Disability: A Comprehensive Toolkit

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Definition of Disability in the NDSA The NDSA questionnaire is designed to place emphasis on the individual and societal factors that influence the lives of the disabled. The institutional factors will be addressed to a lesser extent; the aim of the survey being to provide policy guidelines for the GoA in a country where the state support structures need to be set up in most parts of the country. The definition utilised for the survey draws on all the definitions stated: Disability is thus the condition that results from the interaction between an individual impairment in functioning and the community and social resources, beliefs and practices that enable or prevent a person from participating in all spheres of social life and taking decisions that are relevant to his/her own future. 8 <strong>Conducting</strong> <strong>Surveys</strong> on Disability: A Comprehensive Toolkit
Defining the Methodology, Selecting the Sample Size Fact File 2 There are a number of ways to proceed when carrying out a survey on vulnerable groups in general and disability in particular: these range from localised qualitative surveys, limited to a specific target group, to nationwide quantitative surveys which require a representative sample of the target populations. Why Choose to Survey A survey is a procedure for systematically collecting information about attitudes, preferences, knowledge, or behaviour by asking people questions. Some people distinguish between applied and research surveys, the purpose of the latter is to increase scientific knowledge, by testing theories for example. Major Characteristics Surveying has three major characteristics: • Asking people questions using a formal procedure; • Using a quantitative method that collects standardised information; • Obtaining information from a sample that is representative of the population that the sample was drawn from. <strong>Surveys</strong> are used because: • They are cheaper in comparison with a census, for example; • They are more practical (they take up less time and interview a limited number of persons); • They are accurate (the results can be valid for a wider population if certain statistical principles are respected). • They provide more information than a census. Defining the methodology that will be followed throughout the survey process will lay down a road map for each step. The choice of the type of survey done will depend upon the objectives of the survey. There are various possibilities depending upon the expected outcomes. For a survey on disability these options could include: • A census that includes questions on disability; • A nationally representative survey with screening questions for detecting disability; • A regionally or provincially representative survey with screening questions for detecting disability; • A local qualitative survey that looks at a specific limited population (women with disability, for instance). The steps that have been presented in this toolkit refer to a large scale, probability proportional to population size (PPS) survey. The NDSA falls into this category and was carried out in all the provinces of Afghanistan. Smaller scale and more qualitative surveys would use some elements that are described in this section. The choice of the methodology will, in turn, determine the types of results that will be derived from this survey and will have major implications in terms of the financial and human resources possibilities. Defining the Methodology, Selecting the Sample Size 9
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