Programme : Presentation on 23
September 2003Collecting National Disability Data in a Census in the Philippines
Text version of a Powerpoint Presentation
Presented by National Statistics Office, on 23 September 2003 at 1:00pm
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COLLECTING NATIONAL DISABILITY DATA IN A CENSUS IN THE PHILIPPINES
National Statistics Office
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Census of Population and Housing
Census of Population and Housing
- the official source of information on the size and distribution of the population as
well as information about the demographic, social, economic and cultural characteristics
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Census of Population and Housing
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72
- mandated the NSO to conduct population censuses every ten years beginning in 1980.
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Census of Population and Housing
Collection of Statistics in Disability in a Census
1990 1995 2000
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Collection of Statistics in Disability by Other Agencies
- National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons
- 1983 Disability Survey
- Department of Health (DOH)
- 1995 Registration of PWD
- Group of Doctors in collaboration with DOH
- 2000 Disability Prevalence Survey
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Collection of Statistics in Disability by Other Agencies
- Social Security System and Government Security and Insurance System
- Department of Social Welfare and Development
- Department of Education
Administrative Sources
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
CENSUS 2000
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Disability Questions
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Collection of Statistics in Disability in Census 2000
CONSIDERATIONS ON DISABILITY ITEMS
- Consultative Meeting with Data Users thru Public Hearing
Represented by:
- National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
- Catholic Handicapped Development Inc.
- Department of Education
- Department of Social Welfare and Development
- Department of Health
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Collection of Statistics in Disability in Census 2000
Objectives of the Public Hearing
- To recommend the concept on household membership to be adopted
- To discuss the definitions and categories to be utilized for urban-rural, ethnicity and
disability
- To come up with a list of items to be included in the census questionnaires.
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Collection of Statistics in Disability in Census 2000
Recommendations for Disability in the Public Hearing
- To use the World Health Organization (WHO) definition as reference
- Adopt categories which are simple and operationally viable
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Definition of Disability used:
Disability refers to any restriction or lack of ability (resulting from impairment) to
perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
Impairments associated with disabilities may be physical, mental or sensory motor
impairment such as partial or total blindness and deafness, muteness, speech defect,
orthopedic handicaps, and mental retardation.
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Categories of Disability:
Total Blindness
Partial Blindness
Low Vision
Total Deafness
Partial Deafness
Hard of Hearing
Oral Defect
One Hand
No Hands
One Leg
No Legs
Quadriplegic - Regular
Quadriplegic - Severe
Retarded - Regular
Retarded - Severe
Mentally Ill
Multiple Impairment - Regular
Multiple Impairment - Severe
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Census 2000 questions on disability:
For each person :
"Does ______ have any physical or mental disability"?
If the answer is yes,
"What type of disability does ____ have?
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Population Enumerated
- Filipino nationals residing in the Philippines;
- Filipino nationals who were temporarily at sea or are temporarily abroad as of census
date;
- Filipino overseas workers as of census date, even though expected to be away for more
than a year;
- Philippine government officials, both military and civilian, including Philippine
diplomatic personnel and their families, assigned abroad;
- Civilian citizens of foreign countries having their usual residence in the Philippines
or foreign visitors who have stayed or are expected to stay for at least a year from the
time of arrival in the country.
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Institutional Living Quarters
- persons who are found living in Institutional Living Quarters (ILQ) and are expected to
stay for at least 6 months
Types of ILQ:
- Hotels, Motels, Dormitories
- Hospitals and Nurse's Home
- Welfare Institutions
- Corrective and Penal Institutions
- Convents, Nunneries, Seminaries and Boarding School
- Military Camps
- Logging, Mining Camps
- Ocean-going / interisland vessels
- Refugee camps
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Data Collection Procedures
1. Method of Enumeration
- Combination of complete enumeration and sampling.
- Mapping and Canvassing of enumeration area
- Face-to-face interview
- Use of self-administered questionnaire (SAQ)
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Data Collection Procedures
2. Respondent
- Any responsible household member who can provide accurate answers to all the questions
in CENSUS 2000, usually the head of the household or the spouse
3. Reference Period
- May 1, 2000
- Period of Enumeration - May 1-31,2000, for a period 20 days
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Data Collection Procedures
4. Enumerators
- Public School Teachers
- Non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education
- Other government personnel
- Other qualified individuals
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Data Collection Procedures
5. Language
- English
- Translation guides in 8 major dialects
6. Publicity and Information Program
- Briefing of NSO personnel on CENSUS 2000
- Endorsement of the President of the Philippines through television ad plug
- Press launching of Census 2000
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Data Collection Procedures
6. Publicity and Information Program - Cont'n
- Distribution of press releases, information sheets, posters and leaflets to all national
agencies, supporters and partners
- Television appearances and interviews of the NSO administrator
- Television and radio plugs by well known personalities and public officials
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Data Collection Procedures
6. Publicity and Information Program - Cont'n
- Development of information, education and communication campaign focused on
hard-to-enumerate communities like the Chinese, Muslims and high-income groups and other
local strategies
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Scope of CENSUS 2000
Demographic Characteristics :
100 % basis
- Relationship to Household Head
- Age
- Marital Status
- Religious Affiliation
- Disability
- Ethnicity
- Highest Grade Completed,
- Residence 5 Years Ago.
Sample basis (10 %):
- Citizenship
- Literacy
- Able to Speak Filipino
- Able to Speak English
- Residence 10 Years Ago
- Occupation
- Type of Industry
- Place of Work
- Class of Worker
- Fertility (Women 15-49 Yrs. Old)
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Scope of CENSUS 2000
100 % basis·
- Type of Building
- Construction Materials of the Roof
- Construction Materials of Outer
- Walls
- State of Repair
- Year Building Built
- Floor Area, and
- Tenure Status of Lot
Sample basis (10 %)·
- Area of the Housing Unit,
- Fuel For Lighting,
- Fuel for Cooking,
- Source of Water Supply for drinking/cooking and for laundry/cooking,
- Tenure Status of Housing Unit,
- Acquisition of Housing Unit,
- Source of Financing,
- Monthly Rental of Housing Unit,
- Usual Manner of Garbage Disposal,
- Kind of Toilet Facility,
- Presence of Household Conveniences,
- Land Ownership,
- Language Generally Spoken in the Household, and
- Residence 5 Years from Now
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Quality Control Procedures
1. Conduct of Pretest
- Average time duration per interview
- Efficiency of the questionnaire design
Results of Pretest:
- Use of local dialect was believed to be effective as it had reduced interview time
- Use of English language in urban areas made the interview time shorter while it was
longer when translated to Tagalog
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Quality Control Procedures
2. Conduct of Pilot Test
- conducted as a full scale census i.e., from training, data collection, and processing
- technical aspects of census operations were evaluated as to their degree of effectivity
which served as bases in formulating the final census procedures
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Quality Control Procedures
3. Ensured uniform training in 4 levels
1st Level - Task Force Trainers
2nd Level - Regional Directors (16) and Provincial Statistics Officers (81)
3rd Level - District Supervisor/Municipal Supervisor/Census Area Supervisor (1600)
4th Level - Team Supervisors (8,000)/ Enumerators (40,000)
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Quality Control Procedures
3. Uniform training ensured through:
- Use of verbatim training guide
- Standardized materials on the following were developed and used during the training:
- Enumerator's Manual
- Supervisor's Manual
- Training Workbook
- Codebook
- Visual Aids
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Quality Control Procedures
4. Supervisory Activities
- Review of accomplished questionnaires
- Revisit to the households
- Conduct of spotchecks and re-interviews
- In the National Capital Region (NCR), saturation drive was conducted
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Quality Control Procedures
5. Manual verification of questionnaires
- Completeness Check
- Manual Verification
- 10 % Sample HH Questionnaire-Long Quest.
- 20 % Common HH Questionnaire-Short Quest.
- 100 % verification if at least 50% of the quest. failed verification
- Green ballpen used
- Training of processors conducted
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Quality Control Procedures
6. Machine Processing
- Completeness check
- Key Verification
- Post Machine Processing
- Edit and imputation
- Generation/evaluation of before and after edit marginal tables
- Evaluation of consistency between data items
- Evaluation of age-sex pyramid
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Quality Control Procedures Used
7. Post Machine Processing - Cont'n
For disability items, the edit and imputation done were:
- Impute code "1" in the screening question if code on the type of disability
was present
- Type of disability not imputed
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Response Rate
Household - 100 %
Unit/Item - 100 %
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Strengths
- NSO commitment to gather and produce reliable statistics
- Collaboration with various data users
- Close coordination with government and non-government agencies
- Partnerships with various private and public sectors and organizations
- Intensive public information campaign
- Utilization of public school teachers
- Quality Control Procedures
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Strengths
- Dissemination of Disability Statistics
- Conduct of data dissemination on PWD among NSO employees and staff of NCWDP
- Preparation of Fact Sheet on PWD
- Distribution of Fact Sheet to other agencies
- Posting of PWD statistics on NSO Bulletin Boards
- Preparation of special volume for PWD
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Limitations
- NSO results of PWD at 1.23% was way below the UN estimate of 10%
- Operationalization of definition of disability and its categories
- PWD were identified through the answers of the respondent. No functional assessment
done.
- Degree of perception of the Filipinos
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2000 Census of Population and Housing (CENSUS 2000)
Limitations
- Limited resources prevented adding more questions on disability
- No information system can be shared with other government agencies due to
confidentiality clause for undertaking a census.
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Persons with Disability
(Results from CENSUS 2000)
Table/Data Files Available:
- Table on Disability by Type, Sex and Age Group
- Public Use Files (PUFs)
- Form 2 (Common Variables)
- Form 3 ( Sample Variables)
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You can visit our website:
www.census.gov.ph
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NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
PHILIPPINES
Thank you very much
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