REPORT ON UGANDA PILOT STUDY

byMs. Pamela Kakande

Senior StatisticianUganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

Questionnaire development• Decision to pretest WG questions was made as a

follow up of the WG Regional meeting Nairobi – June 2005

• The WG Questions were pretested as part of the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS)

• Included all the 6 WCG questions as was in cognitive test.

• Questionnaire was finalized before the 6th WG meeting – March 2006

• Data collection – May to Oct 2006

SURVEY DESIGN

• National sample of 8,870 households were selected from 368 EAs (clusters) as follows

321 EAs were from 2005/6 UNHS 30 EAs were Internally Displaced Peoples Camps

(IDP’s) 17 EAs were additional for Karamoja Region

• overd the entire country • Questions on disability were administered to all

household members aged 5 years +

Questions1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing

aid?3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps?4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating?5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all

over or dressing?6. Because of a physical, mental or emotional health

condition, do you have difficulty communicating, (for example understanding others or others understanding you)?

Response Categories

1 No – no difficulty2 Yes – some difficulty3 Yes – a lot of difficulty4 Cannot do at all5 Don’t know

RESULTS

SEEING

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

HEARING

0

10

20

30

40

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

WALKING OR CLIMBING STAIRS

0

10

20

30

40

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

REMEMBERING / CONCENTRATING

0

10

20

30

40

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

SELF CARE

0

5

10

15

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

COMMUNICATION

0

5

10

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

AT LEAST 1 FUNCTIONAL AREA

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

'5-9 '10-14 '15-19 '20-29 '30-39 '40-49 '50-59 60+

Total

some difficulty

a lot of difficulty

can't do at all

AT LEAST 1 FUNCTIONAL AREA

0.53.7

15.6

19.8

can't do at all a lot ofdifficulty

some difficulty Total

Challenge – classifying PWD’s

• What levels of severity to be considered in the computation of disability prevalence is still a challenge

THANK YOU