Workshop on Improving Disability Data for Policy Use
23-26 September 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

Administrative sources of national disability data

Country: China

1. Overview of administrative sources

1. List the titles of the different registers and the ministry/organisation responsible for them
   Information Center of China Disabled Persons' Federation
2. What purpose do they have?
   In order to conform to the demand of development status on disability in China, the statistics by CDPF aimed at collecting data for the work of persons with disabilities, such as rehabilitation, education, employment, poverty alleviation, etc., so that the Chinese government could be kept aware of the development status of disabled persons as well as the work of persons with disabilities.
3. How often are they updated? (continuously, annual, ad hoc, etc.)
   annual

2. Brief summary of register(s)

1. Describe what information on disability is collected
   the work of persons with disabilities, such as rehabilitation, education, employment, poverty alleviation, etc.
2. What uses are made of the data and who are the users?
   the Chinese government could be kept aware of the development status of disabled persons as well as he work of persons with disabilities.
3. Were users involved in deciding what information to collect?
   Yes.
4. What definition of disability is used?
   The statistics consists of persons with disabilities as follows: visual disabilities, hearing disabilities, mental disabilities, physically disabilities, mental illness and multi-disabilities. Each category has its definition.(But no English edition)
5. Are the definitions used in the register(s) compatible with survey or census definitions? With international standards?
   The definitions used in the register(s) are compatible with the definitions used in the 1987 National Sampling Survey on Persons with Disabilities.

3. Coverage

1. What population is covered in the register(s)?
   Several millions
2. How complete is the coverage? (who is included? who is missed out?)
   Disabled persons included in the register(s) are who are covered by the work of persons with disabilities, such as disabled persons who accept rehabilitation, education, employment, poverty alleviation, etc.
3. How is/are the register(s) evaluated for completeness?
4. Manner of updating the register(s)? (automatic from computerised forms, from paper forms, other?)
   from paper forms

4. Highlight some of the strengths and limitations of your administrative register(s)

• Limitations: cannot cover all disabled persons
• Strengths: easy to collect and helpful to the government

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